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Definition of Could
1. imp. Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.
Definition of Could
1. Verb. (simple past of can#Etymology 1 can) ¹
2. Verb. (non-gloss definition Used to politely ask for permission to do something). ¹
3. Verb. (non-gloss definition Used to politely ask for someone else to do something). ¹
4. Verb. (non-gloss definition Used to show the possibility that something might happen). ¹
5. Verb. (non-gloss definition Used to suggest something). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Could
1. can [v] - See also: can
Lexicographical Neighbors of Could
Literary usage of Could
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (1882)
"some one should be the very he whom, of all others, I could least ... But she
felt that it was so, long, long before she could feel his influence less. ..."
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