Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cope
Participle: coped
Gerund: coping
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cope |
| you | cope |
| he;she;it | copes |
| we | cope |
| you | cope |
| they | cope |
Perfect
| I | have coped |
| you | have coped |
| he;she;it | has coped |
| we | have coped |
| you | have coped |
| they | have coped |
Past
| I | coped |
| you | coped |
| he;she;it | coped |
| we | coped |
| you | coped |
| they | coped |
Pluperfect
| I | had coped |
| you | had coped |
| he;she;it | had coped |
| we | had coped |
| you | had coped |
| they | had coped |
Future
| I | will cope |
| you | will cope |
| he;she;it | will cope |
| we | will cope |
| you | will cope |
| they | will cope |
Future Perfect
| I | will have coped |
| you | will have coped |
| he;she;it | will have coped |
| we | will have coped |
| you | will have coped |
| they | will have coped |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cope |
| you | cope |
| he;she;it | cope |
| we | cope |
| you | cope |
| they | cope |
Perfect
| I | have coped |
| you | have coped |
| he;she;it | have coped |
| we | have coped |
| you | have coped |
| they | have coped |
Imperfect
| I | coped |
| you | coped |
| he;she;it | coped |
| we | coped |
| you | coped |
| they | coped |
Pluperfect
| I | had coped |
| you | had coped |
| he;she;it | had coped |
| we | had coped |
| you | had coped |
| they | had coped |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cope |
| you | would cope |
| he;she;it | would cope |
| we | would cope |
| you | would cope |
| they | would cope |
Perfect
| I | would have coped |
| you | would have coped |
| he;she;it | would have coped |
| we | would have coped |
| you | would have coped |
| they | would have coped |
Imperative
| you | cope |
| we | Let's cope |
| you | cope |
Verbs conjugated like 'cope'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cope'
cape,
chope,
code,
coke,
come,
cone,
cop,
copse,
copy,
core,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 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 Gmc. source of Eng.
cheap (q.v.).
2. From Middle English coupen, from Old French coper, couper (“to strike, to cut”). The noun use went mainstream around 2020. See: Old French '
coper'.
Verbs referencing "cope"
German, old spelling
copen.
Sample Sentences
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Chelsea were coping comfortably as Liverpool left Luis Suarez too isolated. Steven Gerrard was also being forced to drop too deep to offer support to the beleaguered Jay Spearing and Jordan Henderson rather than add attacking potency alongside the Uruguayan. [2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:]
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Phyllida Barlow, the sculptor representing the UK at the Venice Biennale, has said that while it may have taken the art world decades to pay attention to her work, the timing of her recognition was perfect, adding: “20 years ago, I wouldn’t have coped.” [2017 May 10, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, quoting Phyllida Barlow, “Phyllida Barlow: I couldn't have coped if fame had come 20 years ago”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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From transport to zoos: how UK services coped in the sweltering heat [title] [2022 July 18, Jamie Grierson, “From transport to zoos: how UK services coped in the sweltering heat”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]
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the beak and talons should be closely coped [1856, John Henry Walsh, Manual of British Rural Sports:]