could

Plural

coulds

Verb

Verb

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A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1. 1.simple past of can

   • Before I was blind, I could see very well.
   • When I was your age, I could run 10mi in under an hour.
   • I could only find the street, but I couldn't locate his house.

2. 2.conditional of can

   • We could rearrange the time if you like.
   • You could try adding more salt to the soup.
   • I think he could do it if he really wanted to.

3. 3.past participle of can

   • I wish you could come with us.
   • Do you think Tom could help us?
   • He left his team as he could not get along with the manager.

Noun

Noun

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A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.Something that could happen, or could be the case, under different circumstances; a potentiality.

   • Shushona you must learn to rightfully prioritize all the woulds, shoulds and coulds of your life.
   • When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package, the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds, is there too.

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