cope

«cope» in Mova's school dictionary: to deal well with a hard problem or situation, and to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (cope, copes, coped, coping)

meaning for a pupil

1) To cope means to deal well with a hard problem or situation, and to keep going. tree →

2) To cope with work or a job means to manage to do it. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and wellbeing lessons, children learn ways to cope with worry, anger, change or loss: talk to someone, breathe slowly, take a break. In stories a character copes with a disaster or a new school. Phrases: cope with, can't cope, learn to cope, coping skills.

examples

• She coped well with moving to a new school. tree →
• How do you cope with being nervous before a test? tree →
• Mum couldn't cope with all the noise. tree →
• The small hospital could not cope with so many patients. tree →
• Talking to a friend helps me cope when I'm sad. tree →
• The bridge could not cope with the heavy trucks. tree →
• We are learning coping skills in class. tree →

note

Regular verb: coped, coping (drop the e). Usually «cope with» something. It is all right to say «I can't cope» and ask for help.

In the corpora

• Fostering is looking after a child from another family for a while, when their own parents cannot cope for now.
• Grown-ups get tired and worried too, even when they look as if they are coping with everything.
• Flooded paddy fields, built as steps on hills, drown many weeds that cannot cope.
• "Self-medicating" means using alcohol or drugs to cope with problems instead of getting proper help.
• Being laughed at often makes autistic children's stress much worse, while kindness helps them cope.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «cope» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.