"cope with" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: copes with [present, singular, third-person], coping with [participle, present], coped with [participle, past], coped with [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cope with (third-person singular simple present copes with, present participle coping with, simple past and past participle coped with)
  1. (transitive) To come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by. Tags: transitive Synonyms (come to terms with): come to terms with, contend with, deal with, get by with, grapple with, make do with, make out with, manage with Translations (come to terms with): 對付 (Chinese Mandarin), 对付 (duìfu) (Chinese Mandarin), 支應 (Chinese Mandarin), 支应 (zhīyìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 應付 (Chinese Mandarin), 应付 (yìngfù) (Chinese Mandarin), tulla toimeen (Finnish), verkraften (German), bewältigen (German), zurechtkommen (German), umgehen (German), fertigwerden (German), schaffen (German), справля́ться (spravljátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), спра́виться (správitʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), выде́рживать (vydérživatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), вы́держать (výderžatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), совлада́ть (sovladátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), sobrellevar (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To come to terms with; to overcome any difficulties presented by."
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          "sense": "come to terms with",
          "word": "sobrellevar"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "對付"
    },
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duìfu",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "对付"
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      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "支應"
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      "roman": "zhīyìng",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "支应"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "應付"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìngfù",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "应付"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "tulla toimeen"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "verkraften"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "bewältigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "zurechtkommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "umgehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "fertigwerden"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "schaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spravljátʹsja",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "справля́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "správitʹsja",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "спра́виться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vydérživatʹ",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "выде́рживать"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výderžatʹ",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "вы́держать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sovladátʹ",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "совлада́ть"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "come to terms with",
      "word": "sobrellevar"
    }
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  "word": "cope with"
}

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