Apply and Couple

Apply

Apply verb - To have a relation or connection.
Usage example: does your rule about calling home apply to me as well?

Couple and apply are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Couple" instead a verb "Apply".

Couple

Couple verb - To come together to form a single unit.

Apply and couple are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apply" instead a verb "Couple".

Nearby Words: coupled, coupler, couplet

Common collocations

thanks apply thanks couple thanks
time apply time couple time

Both words in one sentence

  • The second series of Horatio Hornblower is based on Lieutenant Hornblower, and the things that apply to the literary Captain Sawyer also apply to the onscreen version, with a couple of additions.
    Source: The Paranoiac
  • Law of Inverse Fertility And the one couple that did plan a pregnancy—Doug and Carol—still had this trope apply.
  • Literature / Night World The only main couple this doesn't apply to is Keller and Galen, as they're both shapeshifters.
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