cope
/kəʊp/verb
उच्चारण कोप
सामना करना, निपटना
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Asked in previous papers
as phrasal verb
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[I] ~ (with sth)
to deal successfully with something difficult
सामना करना, निपटना
- cope with stress
- She copes well with a heavy workload because she plans every day.
- How do you cope with so much homework?
+ 2 more examples
- He could not cope with the loss of his job.
- Some students cope better with pressure if they sleep well.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
cope with + noun / -ing
Cope takes with before the thing handled; after with, use a noun or an -ing form.
'Cope' के बाद जिस चीज़ को सँभाला जाए उससे पहले 'with' आता है; 'with' के बाद noun या -ing रूप आता है।
- She copes well with the pressure of exams.
- He could not cope with studying and working together.
cope (intransitive)
Without with, cope alone means to manage a difficult situation.
'With' के बिना अकेला 'cope' कठिन परिस्थिति को सँभालने का अर्थ देता है।
- She looked tired, but she was coping.
cope + adverb (well / badly / admirably)
An adverb tells how well a person manages.
Adverb बताता है कि व्यक्ति कितनी अच्छी तरह सँभाल रहा है।
- The nurses coped admirably during the floods.
can / cannot cope
Cope is often used with can or cannot to describe the limit of someone's ability.
'Cope' प्रायः 'can' या 'cannot' के साथ किसी की क्षमता की सीमा बताने के लिए आता है।
- I cannot cope when the house is noisy.
coping mechanism / strategy
These phrases name the habits people use to deal with stress.
ये वाक्यांश उन आदतों के नाम हैं जिनसे लोग तनाव से निपटते हैं।
- Exercise became her coping mechanism during exam stress.
+Collocations 4
adverb + cope
wellbadlyadmirablybarelyeasily
- The small clinic barely coped with the flood of patients.
cope with + noun
stresspressurelosschangeworkload
- Students learn to cope with pressure before the exam.
verb + to cope
learnstrugglemanagefailhelp sb
- Counselling helped him cope with the loss.
adjective + coping
healthypooreffectivedailyshort-term
- Healthy coping habits include sleep and exercise.
“More examples 5
- The hospital could hardly cope with the number of patients.
अस्पताल मरीज़ों की संख्या को मुश्किल से सँभाल पा रहा था।
- Radhika coped with the loss of her grandfather by writing a diary.
राधिका ने डायरी लिखकर अपने दादाजी के निधन का सामना किया।
- The farmers had to cope with a very poor monsoon.
किसानों को बहुत कमज़ोर मानसून का सामना करना पड़ा।
- Can you cope with three subjects in one term?
क्या आप एक सत्र में तीन विषयों को सँभाल सकते हैं?
- The old bridge cannot cope with the heavy traffic.
पुराना पुल भारी यातायात को नहीं सह पा रहा है।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ He cannot cope up with the pressure.
✓ He cannot cope with the pressure.
Cope takes with; up is wrongly added by analogy with keep up.
'Cope' के साथ 'with' आता है; 'keep up' की नक़ल पर 'up' जोड़ना गलत है।
✗ She copes the stress very well.
✓ She copes with the stress very well.
Cope is intransitive and needs with before its object.
'Cope' intransitive है और object से पहले 'with' चाहिए।
✗ I could not cope to the heavy workload.
✓ I could not cope with the heavy workload.
The preposition after cope is with, not to.
'Cope' के बाद preposition 'with' आता है, 'to' नहीं।
→Phrasal verbs 1
cope with sb/sth
to deal successfully with somebody or something difficult
किसी कठिन स्थिति या व्यक्ति से निपटना, सँभाल लेना
- Radhika coped with the pressure of the exam very calmly.
- The hospital could not cope with so many patients.
§Grammar and usage
Cope with sth ('cope with exam pressure').
Usage: cope with sth (किसी मुश्किल हालात का सामना करना), जैसे 'cope with exam pressure'। यहाँ cope के बाद preposition with आता है, of या from नहीं।