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coping — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • coping noun The way someone deals with stress, hardship, or a difficult situation.

Senses

coping is used for these senses in English:

  • coping (psychology) 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.

coping — full definition

  1. noun The way someone deals with stress, hardship, or a difficult situation.
  2. noun The sloped top course of a wall, built to shed rainwater.