could've

verb
/ˈkʊdəv/US

Etymology

could + -'ve

  1. inherited from cūþe
  2. inherited from coude
  3. suffixed as could've — “could + 've

Definitions

  1. Contraction of could + have.

    • We could've missed the bus, but we just caught it.

The neighborhood

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