could
verb/kʊd/
Frequency rank: #81 most common English word
Meaning
Used to say that something was possible or able to happen.
Example sentence
She could finish her homework before dinner.
Synonyms & related words
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- makeTo create, produce, or bring something into existence.
- overIn or to a position above or across the top of something.
- thinkTo use your mind to consider, judge, or form an idea.
- anySome amount or number, even a small one; used in questions and negatives.
- thenAfter that; at that time; next.
- backThe part of the body along the spine, behind you; the rear part.
- theseUsed for the things that are near the speaker; the plural of "this".
- usThe speaker and one or more others, used as the object of a verb.
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- becauseFor the reason that; since.