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    7 months ago

    cope /kōp/

    intransitive verb

    1. To contend or strive, especially on even terms or with success.

      “coping with child-rearing and a full-time job.”

    2. To contend with difficulties and act to overcome them.

    3. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow.


    As a foreigner it’s really jarring seeing this verb adopting a new meaning of “failing to cope”. I’ve seen it many times, it’s definitely not you and not new, but it does make the English language just a tad more inaccessible.