couldn't
verb/ˈkʊd.n̩t/
Etymology
From could + n’t.
Definitions
could not (negative auxiliary)
- You couldn’t lend me a lighter, could you?
- ‘Would you like another drink?’ ‘No thanks, I couldn’t.’
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for couldn't. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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