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cope English

Meaning cope meaning

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Definitions in simple English

cope

If you cope with a problem, you do things so that the problem does not stop you. She went to a special school and learned the skills needed to cope with her learning differences. My friends have had a great impact on my ability to cope with this illness. At work, some people are better at coping with change than other people. Our phone system can't cope with all the calls we're receiving.

cope

(= get by, make do) come to terms with We got by on just a gallon of gas They made do on half a loaf of bread every day a long cloak; worn by a priest or bishop on ceremonial occasions (= header) brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall

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Conjugation cope conjugation

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cope · verb

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Simple sentences

She is unable to cope with stress.
Intelligence is the ability to cope with environment.
We can't cope with the situation the way it is.
You have to cope with those difficult problems.
Mummy, who's terrified of mice, had two fears to cope with.
Everybody in this world has to cope with a lot of difficulties.
The Japanese government can't cope with the problem.
No one can cope with him.
The problem is how we cope with the present difficulties.
Our bodies are not designed to cope with stress for long periods.
How did Tom cope with the problem?
How do you think Tom will cope with the situation?
Tom found Mary's constant criticism of him hard to cope with.
Tom and Mary enlisted the services of a professional declutterer, because they could no longer cope with their messy house.
How do you cope with so many people disliking you?
I don't know if I can cope with it.
Tom won't likely be able to cope with the situation.
We have to be prepared to cope with violent storms.
I may not be able to cope with those problems.
Japan is trying to cope with the aging of its population.
He can cope with the problems.
They couldn't cope with difficulties.
They could not cope with those difficulties.
She will cope with difficult problems.
Romeo loved Juliet more than he thought he did, and could not cope with losing her.
Tom didn't know how to cope with the problem.

Movie subtitles

After 13 years, Prohibition is dead leaving in its wake a criminal element used to wealth and power but unable, for the most part, to cope with the new determination by an aroused public that law and order should once more reign.
However he'll cope with that.
She couldn't cope with the smell of liqueur.
This is a ruthless world and one must be ruthless to cope with it.
Simple, perhaps, but she was unable to cope with it.
Joseph will cope with this.
We would cope with the fields.
Germs we couldn't cope with medically.
I don't think I can cope with it alone.
I just can't cope with any of it!
Splendid.! It's dreadful, my son. and very difficult to cope with.
Come on, I can't cope with this.
I can't cope with them.
I'm in no condition to cope with emotional wives drenched in tears.
We must cope with it.
Why don't you go to Madrid where they have the proper police to cope with these things?
You're much too young to cope with his sort.
You had best be prepared to cope with something.
Your opinions Mr. Holmes are undoubtedly the result of your inability to cope with something beyond the realm of your comprehension.
Then you can see what kind of situation we must cope with.
And how will Klara cope alone? Klara will find new friends.
Daddy, I'm coming to you, so the two of them can see how they cope alone.
He has been unable to cope with McCoy, who is a real tiger tonight, bent on the kill.
But you can cope with them, can't you?
Miss Barrett, I can't cope with something I don't even understand.
Yes, but Excellence seems to forget that Her Majesty has just recovered from a very grave sickness, and therefore might not be able to cope with the stress of a representative journey. Certainly, Your Majesty.
We are here to help Vienna to cope with its misery.
The hardest thing is to leave, but after that. you know. one must cope.
But how will I cope on my own?
A man of character should be able to cope with that.
She wants to cope on her own like she's always done.
General Miles reports other steps are being taken to cope with the emergency, but refuses to give details.
Well, it did. and I can't. I can't cope with it.
To all of the problems we've been unable to cope with.
Maybe we can cope with this by maintaining our sense of values.
I have him on my conscience, but I can cope with it.
How would she cope in Milan, where it takes a month to find real macaroni?
The police can't cope with it.
The U.N. Sets up a United Defense HQ to cope with the emergency.

News and current affairs

He never found his way back, and when confronted with the New Politics of primaries and populism, he became dispirited when he could not cope with this new style.
Policymakers are ill prepared to cope with a steady stream of growth scares.
The insurgents in Iraq, as the British admit, were able in just three years to cope with their enemies' technological superiority in a way that the IRA in Northern Ireland was unable to do in 30 years.
Second, we must restore coral reefs' capacity to cope with environmental change--their resilience--by protecting the fish stocks that keep seaweed in check, and thereby facilitate the recovery of coral populations from bleaching.
To cope with this deficiency, some scientists have tried to reinvent the tools of one level in order to apply them to another.
The ostensible purpose of the summit is to make those changes in the European Union's decision-making machinery that would enable it to cope with the admission of at least 12 new members, mainly from Central and Eastern Europe.
Countries must cope with those shocks - adjustments in exchange rates are part of the coping mechanism.
Old men, unsurprisingly, find it hard to cope with the breakdown of the assumptions that have governed their entire lives.
As a result, it is alleged, the Islamic world cannot cope with the demands of modernization, either in technology or in cultural practices, such as the granting of rights to women, which is necessary for economic success in the modern world.
Moreover, Britain's political institutions might be unable to cope.
In an era of globalized financial markets, when countries can find it hard to cope with rapid cross-border capital flows, there is no time for complacency. A lesson of the 1990's is that vulnerabilities must be dealt with before they become crises.
The government must cope with the short-term effects of the slowdown while continuing to implement reforms aimed at smoothing the economy's shift to a new growth model and expanding the role of markets.
But, if America leaves too soon, the elected Iraqi government may be unable to cope with the insurgency, sending Iraq the way of Lebanon in the 1980's or Afghanistan in the 1990's.
Diversity has to be lived, which means establishing one's own uniqueness and learning to cope in and with other regions and mindsets.
Beyond the short-term challenges ahead, we all have a duty to profoundly change the way we prepare our children to cope with today's new world.
The latest package to cope with Greece's insolvency offers a bond buyback to lighten the country's debt burden.
While these trends benefit Chinese workers, they also support America and other countries by holding down inflation and making it possible for their companies to cope with tough competitive pressures.
Meanwhile, as developing economies become richer, they, too, will invest in technology in order to cope with rising labor costs (a trend already evident in China).
Handled properly, our efforts to cope with the financial crisis can reinforce our efforts to combat climate change.
It is generally agreed that European countries cannot cope alone with the major problems of our time, such as climate change, immigration, the challenges of a globalized economy, and, above all, security.
In an era of globalized financial markets, when countries can find it hard to cope with rapid cross-border capital flows, there is no time for complacency.
If we prepare societies for more ferocious hurricanes in the future, for example, we are also helping them to cope better with today's extreme weather.
And could a weakened Europe cope with an oil shock at all? A regional and global security shock caused by asymmetric warfare could add still further to the world economy's troubles, causing exports to slump even more.
As Asia creates the world's largest middle class - projected to grow more than three-fold, from 500 million to 1.75 billion, by 2020 - it will also have to cope with demands for more competent and more accountable governments.

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