- COULD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
COULD definition: 1 past simple of "can", used to talk about what someone or something was able or allowed to do… Learn more
- can and could | LearnEnglish - British Council
We use could have to say that someone had the ability or opportunity to do something, but did not do it: She could have learned Swahili, but she didn't want to
- Could - definition of could by The Free Dictionary
Could is also used to talk about ability in the present, but it has a special meaning If you say that someone could do something, you mean that they have the ability to do it, but they don't in fact do it
- COULD definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary
You use could to talk about a possibility, ability, or opportunity that depends on other conditions Their hope was that a new and better East Germany could be born
- could - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
could (kŏŏd; unstressed kəd), v a pt of can 1 auxiliary verb (used to express possibility): I wonder who that could be at the door That couldn't be true (used to express conditional possibility or ability): You could do it if you tried (used in making polite requests): Could you open the door for me, please?
- COULD Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Could definition: a simple past tense of can See examples of COULD used in a sentence
- could modal verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of could modal verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- English modal auxiliary verbs - Wikipedia
A list of what tend to be regarded as modal auxiliary verbs in Modern English, along with their inflected forms, is shown in the following table Contractions are shown only if their orthography is distinctive There are also unstressed versions that are typically, although not necessarily, written in the standard way [4] Where there is a blank, the modal auxiliary verb lacks this form (A
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