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noun

a finishing or protective course or cap to an exterior masonry wall or the like.

a piece of woodwork having its end shaped to fit together with a molding.

Origin:
1595–1605; cope² + -ing¹

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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The child has lost control and doesn't really have the coping skills to calm humself down.

Coping with this change will be one of the great challenges of the.

Coping with injury and death, the team decides to press on.

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The child has lost control and doesn't really have the coping skills to calm humself down.

Coping with this change will be one of the great challenges of the.

Coping with injury and death, the team decides to press on.

Some mammals have an attractive solution for coping with long winters-sleep through them.

Several countries are already coping with the impact of rising populations and shrinking lakes and wells.

If you do, a therapist as recommended above can likely help you with some coping strategies.

Stoicism-however good for coping with adversity-is bad for bringing on change.

Many aid workers who experience traumatic events have difficulty coping with them later on.

Few people receive formal training on how to manage stress, which may explain why many of us turn to destructive ways of coping.

Now it's time to develop strategies for coping with the four futures you've imagined.

These types of people do not change but you can develop better expectations and strategies for coping.

Indeed, this hardship has proved perversely useful: through coping with rotten infrastructure, throttling labour laws.

From penguins to alpine flowers, animals and plants are coping with heat.

If you can't do something about the cause, you need to find a successful strategy for coping with it.

Keep in mind that your brother's belief in a large-scale conspiracy may be a coping mechanism.

In all seriousness, having someone to vent to who can actually help you improve your coping mechanisms is really helpful.

The first is coping with exceptionally rapid growth without blowing.

If you're having trouble coping with a pet's injury, try talking to a friend or even a therapist.

People busy to survive or coping with disaster have no time for such self-examination.

Her two coping methods seem to be escaping into her daydreams or getting violent.

If you teach him coping strategies at home, they will apply at school too.

It is a pioneer in coping with one of the biggest challenges facing business: managing older workers.

After all, the final stage of coping with loss is acceptance.

My guess would be better, because they are more used to coping with the stress.

No plan existed for coping with a disaster of this magnitude.

We have all acquired various coping skills, often without giving our methods much thought.

Most people's cattle and goats died last year, so they have no way of coping if the rains fail again.

That's an accomplishment in it self which anybody would have a hard time coping especially with hardly any food to eat.

The changes in alpha waves probably reflect the brain coping with the additional noise.

They have a difficult time psychologically coping with the experience of being completely alone.

And the poor also spend more of their shorter lives coping with a disability.

But their genomes are helping scientists to identify genes responsible for coping with environmental stress in.

These can be troubling waters to navigate, because years of artificial coping may have stunted your emotional growth.

The cash markets in which bonds are physically traded seem to be coping in relative style.

It didn't even help as a tool for coping with the emotional side affects of living with pain.

Coping with it thus required a marathoner's skills, not a sprinter's.

These measures have positioned them relatively well for coping with the war.

The coping mechanisms of a sibling of a given birth order could be shaped by these forces in a predictable way.

Scientists are keeping close tabs on how the isolates' hearts are coping with the stress of.

Luxury brands are coping well despite global economic gloom.

It is wonderful to realize how adaptable the human brain is and that coping with disability makes us stronger in some ways.

And the east is already providing models for coping with demographic decline.

Got to appreciate them for coping with such an extreme environment.

But the story of human development is one of becoming better at coping with them.

The relationship between playfulness and coping in preschool children: a pilot study.

Differential stress coping in wild and domesticated sea trout.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used without object)

to struggle or deal, especially on fairly even terms or with some degree of success (usually followed by with): I will try to cope with his rudeness.

to face and deal with responsibilities, problems, or difficulties, especially successfully or in a calm or adequate manner: After his breakdown he couldn't cope any longer.

Archaic. to come into contact; meet (usually followed by with).

verb (used with object)

British Informal. to cope with.

Obsolete. to come into contact with; encounter.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English coupen < Anglo-French, Old French couper to strike, derivative of coup coup¹

Related forms

cope·less, adjective

cope·less·ness, noun

Synonyms
1. wrestle, strive, persevere.

noun

a long mantle, especially of silk, worn by ecclesiastics over the alb or surplice in processions and on other occasions.

any cloaklike or canopylike covering.

the sky.

a coping.

Metallurgy. the upper half of a flask. Compare drag (def. 31).

verb (used with object)

to furnish with or as if with a cope or coping.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Medieval Latin cāpa, variant of cappa cap¹

verb (used with object), coped, cop·ing.

Building Trades.

to join (two molded wooden members) by undercutting the end of one of them to the profile of the other so that the joint produced resembles a miter joint (usually followed by in or together).

to form (a joint between such members) in this way.

to undercut the end of (a molded wooden member) in order to form a coped joint.

to cut away (a flange of a metal member) so that it may be joined to another member at an angle.

Falconry. to clip or dull (the beak or talons of a hawk).

Origin:
1565–75; < French couper to cut; see cope¹

verb (used with object), coped, cop·ing. British.

to barter; trade; exchange.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English copen < Low German; compare Middle Dutch côpen to buy

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World English Dictionary

coping (ˈkəʊpɪŋ)

—n
	Also called: cope the sloping top course of a wall, usually made of masonry or brick

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Word Origin & History

cope

c.1350, from O.Fr. couper, earlier colper "hit, punch," from colp "a blow" (see coup). Meaning of "come to blows with" evolved 17c. into "handle successfully," perhaps influenced by obs. cope "to traffic" (15c.-17c.), a word in North Sea trade, from the Flem. version of the

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Gmc. source of Eng. cheap (q.v.).

coping

c.1600 as an architectural term, from cope (n.), the cape-like vestment worn by priests (14c.), a variant of cape.

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Medical Dictionary

cope ¹ (kōp)
v. coped, cop·ing, copes
To contend with difficulties with the intent to overcome them.

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