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could
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-n't
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Present
can
Past
could
Negative
couldn't
(
auxiliary
) The
negative
form of
could
; could not.
Antonym:
couldn't
He
couldn't
make it to work yesterday because he was sick.
I
couldn't
believe how rude she was.
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