a couple

idiom

informal

: two or a few (of something)

Can you give me a couple more examples?

This one costs a couple dollars less than that one.

—In informal U.S. English, a couple can be used like a couple of

I lost interest in the book after a couple chapters.

We met a couple years ago.

: two or a few

"How many drinks have you had?" "Oh, just a couple."

Examples of a couple in a Sentence

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So it’s been a couple years since both guys and both teams were really in the mix. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024 Brush piles with enough cover can hold a couple deer, and breeding pairs often shack up in such spots. —

Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024 For a couple in June, a five-night stay starts from just over £1,500. —

Tess Foley-Cox, theweek, 12 Nov. 2024 Just past his backyard fence, gray billows of smoke filled the sky above the ridgeline and flames could be seen chewing through sagebrush just a couple miles away. —

Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for a couple