Past tense of couple
regular verb
The past tense of couple is coupled. The past participle is also coupled.
Forms of couple
| Base form (V1) | couple /ˈkʌp.əl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | coupled /ˈkʌpəld/ |
| Past participle (V3) | coupled /ˈkʌpəld/ |
| Present participle | coupling /ˈkʌplɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | couples /ˈkʌp.əlz/ |
Coupled in a sentence
- I've coupled our system to theirs.
- On their wedding night they coupled nine times.1987, Alan Norman Bold, Robert Giddings, Who was really who in fiction, Longman
- The conductor coupled the cars to the locomotive.From the entry car
- An increasing demand for skills in niche technologies coupled with higher attrition have prompted these software services firms to organise walk-ins for technology talent too.From the entry walk-in
- Frequently, poikilohydry is coupled with the capacity to tolerate dehydration or low water content of cell tissue and to recover from it without physiological damage.From the entry poikilohydry
Meaning of couple
- noun Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
- noun Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
- noun A small number.
Questions about the past tense of couple
- What is the past tense of couple?
- The past tense of couple is coupled.
- What is the past participle of couple?
- The past participle of couple is coupled.
- Is couple a regular or irregular verb?
- Couple is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: couple (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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