Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

could do with

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.84 in modern English

Syllables: could -do with
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To need something that would be beneficial.

Example Sentences

"I could do with a torch, if you've got one."
"The fence could do with another coat of paint."
"Your son could do with a good talking to!"
"That cutter is no good to me now. I could have done with it yesterday."
"Jones could still do with Jonny May, the scorer of the first two of England’s four tries, recovering swiftly from an apparent hamstring tweak but in Sinckler and his young flankers, Tom Curry and Sam Underhill, the coach has some steadily improving individuals."

Inflected Forms

could have done with (participle, past)

Phrases

could do without can do with can do without could have done with could have done without could use

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does could do with mean?: To need something that would be beneficial.

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