could
modal verb/kʊd/CEFR A2পারতাম, পারত; হতে পারে; অনুরোধে ব্যবহৃত
Meaning
The past of can, a way of saying something is possible, or a polite request.
Example sentences
- I could swim when I was six.ছয় বছর বয়সে আমি সাঁতার কাটতে পারতাম।
- Could you pass the salt?লবণটা একটু দেবেন?
A common mistake
Yesterday I could finish the whole book.→Yesterday I managed to finish the whole book.
For one thing you succeeded in doing on one occasion, English says managed to or was able to. Could is for a general ability you had.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonyms: might, was able to
Antonyms: could not
Similar words, and what each means
- might
হয়তো, হতে পারে
Used to say something is possible but not certain.
- was able to
পেরেছিল, সক্ষম হয়েছিল
Used to say that someone managed to do one particular thing in the past.
- was able to
পেরেছিল, সক্ষম হয়েছিল
Used to say that someone managed to do one particular thing in the past.
Other English words for “পারতাম, পারত; হতে পারে; অনুরোধে ব্যবহৃত”
“could” elsewhere on EnglishBD
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Contractions in Spoken English: Hearing 's, 'd, 'll and 've →You wrote "he could of gone"; the transcript says "he could have gone" — the same weak-form gap.
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Where this word is used
Check yourself
“could” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?
- • উচিত
- • করতেই হবে, বাধ্য হওয়া
- • করত, চাইব
- • পারতাম, পারত; হতে পারে; অনুরোধে ব্যবহৃত
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পারতাম, পারত; হতে পারে; অনুরোধে ব্যবহৃত — could (modal verb) — পারতাম, পারত; হতে পারে; অনুরোধে ব্যবহৃত. The past of can, a way of saying something is possible, or a polite request.
Which word is closest in meaning to “could”?
- • should
- • might
- • ought to
- • have to
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might — might — হয়তো, হতে পারে. Used to say something is possible but not certain.
Related words
- mightহয়তো, হতে পারেsynonym
- cougarকুগার (পাহাড়ি সিংহ)nearby
- coughকাশি, কাশি দেওয়া, কাশাnearby
- councilপরিষদ, কাউন্সিলnearby
- counselআইনজীবী, আইনি পরামর্শnearby
- coupleদম্পতি, জোড়া, দুটি, কয়েকটিsame level
- courseপাঠ্যক্রম, গতিপথsame level
- cousinচাচাতো/মামাতো/খালাতো ভাই-বোনsame level
- coverঢাকা, আবৃত করাsame level
- crabকাঁকড়াsame level
- crackফাটল; ফেটে যাওয়া, চিড় ধরাsame level
- craftহস্তশিল্প, কারুকাজsame level