coping
The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off waterThe top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
» Tom is having trouble coping with the high cost of living.
Том важко справляється з високою вартістю життя.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water.
brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall
(countable, uncountable)The process of managing taxing circumstances, expending effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize, reduce or tolerate stress or conflict.
о́пірópir, протистоя́нняprotystojánnja
(countable, uncountable)The process of clipping the beak or talons of a bird.
Examples
43 sentencesTom is having trouble coping with the high cost of living.
Том важко справляється з високою вартістю життя.
I have trouble coping with stress.
Tom has trouble coping with people like Mary.
Tom says he's having trouble coping with the stress.
Tom is barely coping with his workload at the moment.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the senseFrom cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."
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Forms
plural: copingsSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
3 patterns- having trouble coping
- trouble coping with
- trouble coping