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   couple

   /ˈkʌpl/

   noun

   • 1. two people or things of the same sort considered together: "a couple of girls were playing marbles" Similar pairduoduologytwosomeset of twomatchdoubletstwinsbracespanyoketwotwo of a kindrare:dupletdyadduaddoubletonarchaic:twain
   • ▪ a pair of partners in a dance or game.
   • ▪ a pair of hunting dogs.
   • ▪ two collars joined together and used for holding hounds together.
   • ▪ a pair of rafters.
   • ▪ a pair of equal and parallel forces acting in opposite directions, and tending to cause rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane containing them.
   • 2. two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually: "in three weeks the couple fell in love and became engaged" Similar husband and wifetwosomenewly-wedspartnersloverscohabiteesinformal:item
   • 3. an indefinite small number: informal "he hoped she'd be better in a couple of days"

   verb

   • 1. link or combine (something) with something else: "a sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss" Similar combineintegratemixincorporateaccompanylinkteamassociateconnectallyadd tojoin toformal:conjoinOpposite divorce
   • ▪ connect (a railway vehicle or a piece of equipment) to another: "a cable is coupled up to one of the wheels"
   • ▪ connect (two electrical components) using electromagnetic induction, electrostatic charge, or an optical link: "resistors are used to couple the oscillators" Similar connectattachjoinfastenfixlinksecuretiebindstrapropetethertrusslashhitchyokechainsticktapegluebondcementfuseweldsolderpinpegscrewboltrivetclampcliphook (up)addappendannexsubjointechnical:concatenateOpposite separate
   • ▪ join to form a pair: "the beetles may couple up to form a pair"
   • 2. mate or have sexual intercourse: "as middle-class youth grew more tolerant of sex, they started to couple more often"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cople (noun), copler (verb), from Latin copula (noun), copulare (verb), from co- ‘together’ + apere ‘fasten’. Compare with copula and copulate.

   Derivatives

   • 1. coupledom noun

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   5 days ago · Following are 9 of the most common challenges a couple will face. 1. Attraction to Others. Many people feel that, once they’ve chosen their long-term partner, they will never be attracted to ...

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   5 days ago · What exactly are the benefits of marriage? Here are the big ones, including the tax, financial and legal benefits of marriage that all couples should know.

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   3 days ago · So why might this be? Are we falling out of love with marriage? In this programme we hear from a couple of people with different views, and we take a look at some related vocabulary.

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   6 days ago · Romantic orientation. Situational sexual behavior. Split attraction model. Category. v. t. e. Bisexuality is a romantic or sexual attraction or behavior toward both males and females ( gender binary ), [1] [2] [3] to more than one gender, [4] or to both people of the same gender and different genders. [5]

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   3 days ago · Properties of a couple: As the two properties forming a couple act equal and opposite, they do not produce any resultant translation motion but rotational motion. When a couple force acts the resultant force is equal to zero. It produces the rotational motion because the algebraic sum of any two forces about any point in their plane is not zero.