cope

Other forms of cope

plural

copes·

past tense

coped·

present participle

coping·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cope

What does cope mean?

cope means "brick that is laid sideways at the top of a wall". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cope?

cope has 1 syllable: cope. In IPA it is /ˈkoʊp/.

What is another word for cope?

Close synonyms include header, coping, get by, make out, make do. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cope a common word?

cope is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.