two people or things of the same sort considered together

a couple of girls were playing marbles

two people who are married or otherwise closely associated romantically or sexually

in three weeks the couple fell in love and became engaged

a honeymoon couple

an indefinite small number

he hoped she'd be better in a couple of days

we got some eggs—would you like a couple?

just a couple more questions

link or combine (something) with something else

a sense of hope is coupled with a palpable sense of loss

mate or have sexual intercourse

as middle-class youth grew more tolerant of sex, they started to couple more often