could

verb · nounA2

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

coulde

V_ing/Gerund

couldst

V_ed/pp

couldestcoud

1.
(form of, past)simple past of can
Before I was blind, I could see very well.
When I was young everybody could easily find a job in a matter of days.
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.
conditional of can
3.
(form of, participle, past)(obsolete except Geordie) past participle of can

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

couldscouldecouldstcouldestcoud

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

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

be able tocognizegrokken may

Trái nghĩa

can't cannot can’t

Cùng gốc / liên quan

can should would

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English coude, couthe, cuthe, from Old English cūþe, past indicative and past subjunctive form of cunnan (to be able) (compare related cūþ, whence English couth). Cognate with konnte, kunde.