Past tense of cope
regular verb
The past tense of cope is coped. The past participle is also coped.
Forms of cope
| Base form (V1) | cope /ˈkəʊp/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | coped |
| Past participle (V3) | coped |
| Present participle | coping |
| Third person singular | copes |
Coped in a sentence
- They protect the leading wheels from small obstacles and in modern trains have coped with hitting landslip debris.2022 March 23, Philip Haigh, “Network News: Driver of ScotRail HST had only seconds to react, says RAIB”, in RAIL, number 953, page 11. From the entry lifeguard
- Overall, though, England’s injury-diminished side coped well on the night when Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Jordan Pickford and Tammy Abraham all won their first caps.2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London). From the entry cap
- Lachlan rose to fetch a coffee pot from the side table and idly Holly wondered how those legs coped with the unroominess of canoes.2013, Janie Summers, A Fallen Star, page 18. From the entry unroominess
Meaning of cope
- verb To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
- verb To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.
- verb To clip the beak or talons of a bird.
Questions about the past tense of cope
- What is the past tense of cope?
- The past tense of cope is coped.
- What is the past participle of cope?
- The past participle of cope is coped.
- Is cope a regular or irregular verb?
- Cope is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cope (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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