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verb | noun copecope1 /koʊp/ ●●○ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYcope1Origin: 1600-1700 cope to fight, keep fighting without giving up (14-19 centuries), from Old French couper to hit, cut VERB TABLEcope |
Present | I, you, we, they | cope | | he, she, it | copes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | coped | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have coped | | he, she, it | has coped | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had coped | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cope | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have coped |
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Present | I | am coping | | he, she, it | is coping | | you, we, they | are coping | Past | I, he, she, it | was coping | | you, we, they | were coping | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been coping | | he, she, it | has been coping | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been coping | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be coping | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been coping |
1to succeed in dealing with a difficult problem, situation, or job: It’s a lot of work, and sometimes I find it hard to cope.cope with advice on how to cope with stress The children are struggling to cope with their mother’s illness.2if a machine or system copes with a particular type or amount of work, it does it SYN handle: cope with Computers can cope with a huge amount of data. [Origin: 1600–1700 cope to fight, keep fighting without giving up (14–19 centuries), from Old French couper to hit, cut] → coping1 verb | noun copecope2 noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYcope2Origin: 1200-1300 Medieval Latin capa, from Late Latin cappa; ➔ CAP1 a long loose piece of clothing worn by priests on special occasions |