Usually means: Unable to; past possibility negated.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word couldn't:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. couldn't: Merriam-Webster
  2. couldn't: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. couldn't: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. couldn't, couldn't: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Couldn't, Couldnt, Couldnt, could'nt, couldn�t, couldn''t, couldn't, couldnt, couldnt, couldnt: Wordnik
  6. couldn't: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. couldn't, couldnt: Wiktionary
  8. couldn't: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. couldn't: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. couldn't, couldnt: Dictionary.com
  11. couldnt: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. couldn't: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. couldnt: Wordnik

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. couldn't: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. couldn't: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (couldn't)

verb:  could not (negative auxiliary)


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