What does could mean?
Could means simple past of can.
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/kəd/ · verb
simple past of can.
Before I was blind, I could see very well.
When I was young everybody could easily find a job in a matter of days.
When I was your age, I could run 10mi in under an hour.
I could only find the street, but I couldn't locate his house.
I haven't could sleep.
When the golf ball is there, the whole self-interference package — the hopes, worries, and fears; the thoughts on how-to and how-not-to; the woulds, the coulds, and the shoulds — is there too.
Shushona you must learn to rightfully prioritize all the woulds, shoulds and coulds of your life.
Use could when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Could means simple past of can.
Common synonyms include might.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Before I was blind, I could see very well.
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