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coulds

coulds is the plural of could.

Meaning of could

Noun

could (plural coulds)

  1. Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.
    • When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.1996, Fred Shoemaker, Extraordinary Golf: The Art of the Possible, page 88

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Questions about coulds

What is coulds the plural of?
Coulds is the plural of could.

Words near coulds in the dictionary

  1. couldna
  2. couldnae
  3. couldnt
  4. couldron
  5. couldrons
  6. coulds
  7. couldst
  8. couldve
  9. coulee
  10. coulees
  11. Coules

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