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Cope I Coping Stage Stresses Strains Job Verb

Word cope
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / kəʊp / NAmE / koʊp /
Example
  • i got to the stage where i wasn't coping any more.
  • he wasn't able to cope with the stresses and strains of the job.
  • desert plants are adapted to cope with extreme heat.
  • she copes very well under pressure.
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cope

(verb)BrE / kəʊp / NAmE / koʊp /
  1. to deal successfully with something difficult
    • synonym manage
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/manage
    • I got to the stage where I wasn't coping any more.
    • He wasn't able to cope with the stresses and strains of the job.
    • Desert plants are adapted to cope with extreme heat.

    Extra Examples

    • She copes very well under pressure.
    • She had to cope without any help.
    • She is unable to cope with her increasing workload.
    • She was struggling to cope with the demands of a new baby.
    • Some people find unemployment very difficult to cope with.
    • Will the prison system cope adequately with the increasing numbers of prisoners?
    • a way of coping with bereavement
    • Everyone finds different ways of coping with bereavement.
    • He wasn’t able to cope with the stresses and strains of the job.
    • I got to the stage where I just couldn’t cope any more.
    • In heavy rain the system can’t cope and it floods.
    • The family is learning to cope without a car.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they cope
    • he / she / it copes
    • past simple coped
    • past participle coped
    • -ing form coping

    Word Origin

    • verb Middle English (in the sense ‘meet in battle, come to blows’): from Old French coper, colper, from cop, colp ‘a blow’, via Latin from Greek kolaphos ‘blow with the fist’.
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