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couldna

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of could not have.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?dn?/, /-n??/

Contraction

couldna

  1. (chiefly slang) Contraction of could not have.
    You couldna said it better if you tried.

Related terms

  • coulda
  • couldn've
  • shouldna
  • wouldna

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coulda

English

Etymology

Written form of a reduction of could have.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k?d?/, [?k??d.?]
  • Rhymes: -?d?

Contraction

coulda

  1. (chiefly slang) Could have.
    You coulda told him the truth.

Usage notes

Like other similarly formed contractions, speakers only use coulda to replace the modal sense of could have, i.e. where have precedes a past participle: We coulda seen each other. They do not use it to replace could followed by the verb have used lexically, e.g. *We coulda coffee. See also gonna.


Synonyms

  • could of
  • could've

Derived terms

  • woulda, coulda, shoulda

Related terms

  • couldna
  • shoulda
  • woulda
  • mighta
  • musta

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