prepositional phrase · academic
coupled with
/ˈkʌpəld wɪð/COU·pled·with
used to indicate that one thing combined with another produces a result
Examples
“High costs, coupled with low demand, forced the factory to close.”
“Poor planning coupled with bad weather disrupted the event.”
“Lack of funding, coupled with weak governance, undermined the programme.”
Band 8 sentence
“Ineffective regulation, coupled with inadequate enforcement, has allowed illegal logging to flourish.”
Collocations
- Noun + , coupled with + noun/phrase
- coupled with + noun/gerund
Word family
Common mistakes
coupled to→coupled with
High unemployment coupled with rises.→High unemployment, coupled with rising prices, ...
Say it for a higher band
5and→6along with→7+coupled with
Synonyms
combined with
along with
Easily confused
along with
“The proposal, along with several others, was rejected.”
combined with
“High demand combined with limited supply pushed up prices.”
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