cope
♦ cope /k'oʊp/ (copes coping coped)
1 [VERB] V with n/-ing, V
If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
It was amazing how my mother coped with bringing up three children on less than three pounds a week...
The problems were an annoyance, but we managed to cope.
= manage
2 [VERB] V with n/-ing
If you have to cope with an unpleasant situation, you have to accept it or bear it.
She has had to cope with losing all her previous status and money.
= contend
3 [VERB] V with n, V
If a machine or a system can cope with something, it is large enough or complex enough to deal with it satisfactorily.
New blades have been designed to cope with the effects of dead insects...
The speed of economic change has been so great that the tax-collecting system has been unable to cope.
1 [VERB] V with n/-ing, V
If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully.
It was amazing how my mother coped with bringing up three children on less than three pounds a week...
The problems were an annoyance, but we managed to cope.
= manage
2 [VERB] V with n/-ing
If you have to cope with an unpleasant situation, you have to accept it or bear it.
She has had to cope with losing all her previous status and money.
= contend
3 [VERB] V with n, V
If a machine or a system can cope with something, it is large enough or complex enough to deal with it satisfactorily.
New blades have been designed to cope with the effects of dead insects...
The speed of economic change has been so great that the tax-collecting system has been unable to cope.