coping

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• CMU ARPABET: K OW1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From cope + -ing. The sense referring to a brick wall is cope (sense 2), used in the sense "dress in a cope," "to cover."

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Italian: capezzata — The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water
• Italian: cimasa — The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water
• Italian: copertina — The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water
• Spanish: albardilla — The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water
• Spanish: albardón — The top layer of a brick wall, especially one that slopes in order to throw off water
• Dutch: coping — 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.
• Spanish: afrontamiento — 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.
• Ukrainian: о́пір (ópir) — 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.
• Ukrainian: протистоя́ння (protystojánnja) — 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.