cope with
cope with verb: to come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by.
Verb
cope with (third-person singular simple present copes with, present participle coping with, simple past and past participle coped with)
- To come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by.
- She finds her mental illness very difficult to cope with.
- The government should implement this policy to cope with this serious problem.
- Synonyms:
- come to terms with, contend with, deal with, get by with, grapple with, make do with, make out with, manage with
cope with meaning in Tamil
cope with in Tamil
- come to terms with
- சமாளி camāḷi
Examples of cope with in a sentence
- I was fagged out, and for the first time in years felt a question as to my ability to cope with an antagonist; […]1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as...
- Most staff do not have the skills to cope with such challenging patients, who too often receive "impersonal" care and suffer from boredom, the first National Audit of Dementia found.2011 December 16, Denis Campbell, “Hospital staff 'lack skills to cope with dementia patients'”, in Guardian:
- Most train operators have reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle to cope with a rapid increase in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID.2022 January 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Emergency timetables as absences surge due to COVID”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6:
Synonyms of cope with
Forms of cope with
| third-person singular present | copes with |
|---|---|
| present participle | coping with |
| past participle | coped with |
| past | coped with |
Questions about cope with
- What does cope with mean?
- Cope with means to come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by.
- What is cope with in Tamil?
- Cope with in Tamil is சமாளி (camāḷi). See Cope with meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use cope with in a sentence?
- I was fagged out, and for the first time in years felt a question as to my ability to cope with an antagonist; […]
- What part of speech is cope with?
- Cope with is a verb.
- What is the past tense of cope with?
- The past tense of cope with is coped with.
Words near cope with in the dictionary
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