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1. A pair who associate with one another
   "the engaged couple";
   - twosome, duo, duet
    
2. A pair of people who are married to each other or are in a romantic relationship
   "a married couple from Chicago";
   - mates, match
    
3. A small indefinite number
   "he's coming for a couple of days"
    
4. Two items of the same kind
   - pair, twosome, twain, brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet, dyad, duad
    
5. (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines

1. Bring two objects, ideas, or people together
   "This fact is coupled to the other one";
   - match, mate, pair, twin
    
2. Link together
   "can we couple these proposals?";
   - couple on, couple up
    
3. Form a pair or pairs
   "The two old friends coupled off";
   - pair, pair off, partner off
    
4. Engage in sexual intercourse
   "Birds couple in the spring";
   - copulate, mate, pair

Derived forms: coupled, couples, coupling

Type of: 2, attach, building block, conjoin [formal], deuce, family, family unit, II, join, pair, small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity, two, unify, unit, unite

Encyclopedia: Couple