Meaning & use
couple
Two people who are married, dating, or otherwise closely paired, or simply two things considered together.
See it in a sentence
The couple celebrated their tenth wedding anniversary with a trip to Italy.
I only need a couple of minutes to finish this email.
A note on using this word
'A couple of' is common informally to mean 'a small number', not always exactly two.
Words with a similar meaning
pairduo
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To join or link two things together, especially mechanically or in combination.
Engineers coupled the two train cars together before departure.
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