# coupled

Pronunciation: US say "KUP-uhld" /ˈkʌpəld/; UK

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of couple. — simple past and past participle of couple
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of couple. Use this form for joining two things that already happened.
   - _Engineers coupled the locomotive to the freight cars before departure._
   - _Rising costs, coupled with falling demand, forced the factory to close._

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