"coulda" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈkʊdə/, [ˈkʰʊd.ə] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-coulda.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ʊdə Etymology: Written form of a reduction of could have. Etymology templates: {{m|en|could have}} could have Head templates: {{head|en|contraction|head=}} coulda, {{en-cont}} coulda
  1. (colloquial) Contraction of could have. Wikipedia link: reduction (linguistics) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction Alternative form of: could have Synonyms: could of, could've Derived forms: woulda, coulda, shoulda Related terms: couldna, shoulda, woulda, mighta, musta
    Sense id: en-coulda-en-verb-xlT8ok52 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for coulda meaning in English (1.7kB)

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