Usually means: Manage emotions or stress effectively.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. cope: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. cope, cope: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cope, cope: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cope: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cope: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cope, cope: Wordnik
  7. cope: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Cope, cope: Wiktionary
  9. cope: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cope: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cope: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. cope: Dictionary.com
  13. cope (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. cope: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. COPE (BSA), COPE (Boy Scouts of America), COPE (disambiguation), COPE, Cope (Manchester Orchestra album), Cope (disambiguation), Cope (film), Cope (surname), Cope, The Cope: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Cope: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. cope: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. cope: Rhymezone
  19. cope: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. cope: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. cope: Free Dictionary
  22. cope: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. cope: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. Shakespeare Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

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  1. cope: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. cope: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  3. cope: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. COPE: Acronym Finder
  2. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
  3. cope: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cope: Catholic Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. COPE: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cope: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)

(Note: See coped as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (intransitive) To deal effectively with something, especially if difficult.
verb:  To cut and form a mitred joint in wood or metal.
verb:  (falconry) To clip the beak or talons of a bird.
noun:  (slang) A coping mechanism or self-delusion one clings to in order to endure a hopeless situation.
noun:  (liturgy) A long, loose cloak worn by a priest, deacon, or bishop when presiding over a ceremony other than the Mass.
noun:  Any covering such as a canopy or a mantle.
noun:  (literary) The vault or canopy of the skies, heavens etc.
noun:  (construction) A covering piece on top of a wall exposed to the weather, usually made of metal, masonry, or stone, and sloped to carry off water.
noun:  (foundry) The top part of a sand casting mold.
noun:  An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in Derbyshire, England.
verb:  (transitive) To cover (a joint or structure) with coping.
verb:  (intransitive) To form a cope or arch; to arch or bend; to bow.
verb:  (obsolete) To bargain for; to buy.
verb:  (obsolete) To exchange or barter.
verb:  (obsolete) To make return for; to requite; to repay.
verb:  (obsolete) To match oneself against; to meet; to encounter.
verb:  (obsolete) To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.
verb:  (obsolete, dialect) To tie or sew up the mouth of a ferret used for hunting rabbits.
verb:  (obsolete, figuratively) To silence or prevent from speaking.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Colorado, United States.
noun:  An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
noun:  A town in Orangeburg County, South Carolina, United States.

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