What does COULD mean?

Definitions for COULD
kʊd; unstressed kədCOULD

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Wiktionary

  1. could(Verb)

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    You could try adding more salt to the soup.

  2. could(Verb)

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    You could try adding more salt to the soup.

  3. could(Verb)

    .

    You could try adding more salt to the soup.

  4. could(Verb)

    .

    You could try adding more salt to the soup.

    5. Origin: From coude, from cuþ, preterite form of cunnan. The addition of the silent 'l' was likely a misappropriation attempting to normalize with modal verbs will/would and shall/should.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Could

    of Can

  2. Could

    was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present

    3. Origin: [OF. coude. The l was inserted by mistake, under the influence of should and would.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Could

    kood, pa.t. of Can. [M. E. coude, couth—A.S. cúðe for cunðe, was able; l is inserted from the influence of would and should.]

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'COULD' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #62

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'COULD' in Written Corpus Frequency: #88

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'COULD' in Verbs Frequency: #14

Anagrams for COULD »

  1. cloud

How to pronounce COULD?

  1. Alex
    Alex
    US English
    Daniel
    Daniel
    British
    Karen
    Karen
    Australian
    Veena
    Veena
    Indian

How to say COULD in sign language?

  1. could

Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of COULD in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of COULD in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of COULD in a Sentence

  1. Mitt Romney:

    I wish we could.

  2. Martin Dempsey:

    Of course we could.

  3. Noah Winchester:

    I could arrest you.

  4. Montel Williams:

    I could barely move.

  5. Fire Protection Capt. Liz Brown:

    We did what we could.

Images & Illustrations of COULD

  1. COULDCOULDCOULDCOULDCOULD

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