to couple
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3.1
- verb
- /ˈkʌpəl/
:
acoplar
- But I also want to couple that with asking you about just Miami itself.
- coupled with the fact
- loosely coupled
- tightly coupled
But that decision, while it was the right decision, was coupled with a bad decision.
- But that decision, while it was the right decision, was coupled with a bad decision.
- It's because to me, you couple an intuitive movement with a solid plan.
- They have focused in the colon that they coupled to nerve fibers of the spinal cord.
- And couple that with not much money, all of it.
- There's a it's coupled with fear of what's next, especially when you're in DC.
- How do you couple them so that they're evolving towards a more sustainable space?
- The coupling strength, the coupling constant that couples the relevant particle to the to the Higgs field.
- And then that can couple with that desperate need.
- I mean, it did couple like full ones over in Afghanistan, more in Iraq.
Examples
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So we have to couple these two sets of the equation.
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"Jinx has a healthy cynicism about everything, coupled with a dry sense of humor."
Fiction book (1996) -
We couple the lead engine with the cars, yeah?
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Now, let's couple the future of England with the past of England...
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How does one test some of the above ideas and couple them to actual cell motion?
Academic text (2012) -
You have to couple the two directions.
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For other participants, this sense of vigilance was coupled with the respect they had for the recipient's autonomy.
Academic text (2008) -
The processor improvements will be coupled with a new L2 cache and memory subsystem.
Academic text (1999) -
Organizations can be described as "loosely coupled" or "tightly coupled" based on their methods of operating and decision-making.
Academic text (2008) -
You need to couple your research findings with practical applications to make them useful.
Synonyms
442
1.1
To join two things together physically
271
2.0
To bring people or things together because they suit each other
182
4.2
To join two things or people so they form a pair
115
2.2
To join two people or things so they work together
26
5.9
To come together or bring things together
10
3.7
Join another person to make a group of two for an activity
9
3.0
To join people, places, or things so they become connected
1
3.7
To make one thing match another so they form a pair
1
6.5
To join one thing to another as an extra, often by a mechanical or formal connection
1
4.1
To form pairs for an activity
To join two machines or vehicles so they are connected
Antonyms
161
3.5
To separate something so it is no longer joined, for example remove a cable or turn off power
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
1
6.5
To join one thing to another as an extra, often by a mechanical or formal connection
Compounds
- Literature
8
3.6
Two people in a romantic relationship who are both very successful and influential
- Specialized
A turning effect that two equal opposite forces make when they are apart
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Couple as a verb comes from Latin copula 'link', so to couple things is to join or connect them together, like coupling two machines or systems.