cope
/ˈkoʊp/noun, verb1 syllable
Cope means: succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available.
Synonyms for cope12
verb, as in succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
What does cope mean?3
verb
1
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available“We got by on just a gallon of gas”
noun
1
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
2
a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with cope?8
Cope in a sentence
- Forests can cope with one year of drought, but not successive ones.Hybrid
- Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.soliloquist
- Mummy, who's terrified of mice, had two fears to cope with.Jesse
- You are going through a difficult emotional time, but you will cope.Guilherme
- We have to cope with hosts of difficulties.al_ex_an_der
- The police were able to cope with the crowd.unknown
- The problem is how we cope with the present difficulties.unknown
- The doctor knew how to cope with an emergency like this.CM
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of cope
as a noun
- plural
- copes
as a verb
- past tense
- coped
- present participle
- coping
- third-person singular
- copes
- past participle
- coped