2 PHRASE If you say that something is not much cop , you mean that it is not very good, and is disappointing. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ Today's top managers weren't much cop as footballers originally.
cope ◆◇◇ /koʊ p/ (copes , coping , coped )
1 VERB If you cope with a problem or task, you deal with it successfully. □ [V + with ] It was amazing how my mother coped with bringing up eight children. □ [V ] The problems were an annoyance, but we managed to cope.
2 VERB If you have to cope with an unpleasant situation, you have to accept it or bear it. □ [V + with ] She has had to cope with losing all her previous status and money.
3 VERB If a machine or a system can cope with something, it is large enough or complex enough to deal with it satisfactorily. □ [V + with ] New blades have been designed to cope with the effects of dead insects. □ [V ] The banks were swamped by compensation claims and were unable to cope . SYNONYMS cope VERB 1
manage: She had managed perfectly well without medication for three years.
get by: I'm a survivor. I'll get by.
deal with: She saw a psychiatrist who used hypnotism to help her deal with her fear. COLLOCATIONS cope VERB 1
cope + adverb : admirably, brilliantly, comfortably, magnificently, well; emotionally, financially, psychologically
copi|er /kɒ piə r / (copiers )
1 N‑COUNT A copier is a machine which makes exact copies of writing or pictures on paper, usually by a photographic process.
2 N‑COUNT A copier is someone who copies what someone else has done. □ [+ of ] …their reputation as a copier of other countries' designs, patents, and inventions.
co -pilot (co-pilots ) N‑COUNT The co-pilot of an aircraft is a pilot who assists the chief pilot.
co|pi|ous /koʊ piəs/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A copious amount of something is a large amount of it. □ He had worked until the early hours of the morning, helped by copious amounts of coffee. □ He attended his lectures and took copious notes. ● co|pi|ous|ly ADV [ADV after v, ADV -ed] □ The victims were bleeding copiously.
co p-out (cop-outs ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you refer to something as a cop-out , you think that it is a way for someone to avoid doing something that they should do. [INFORMAL , DISAPPROVAL ] □ To decline to vote is a cop-out. □ The film's ending is an unsatisfactory cop-out.
cop|per /kɒ pə r / (coppers )
1 N‑UNCOUNT Copper is reddish-brown metal that is used to make things such as coins and electrical wires. □ Chile is the world's largest producer of copper. □ …a copper mine.
2 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Copper is sometimes used to describe things that are reddish-brown in colour. [LITERARY ] □ His hair has reverted back to its original copper hue.
3 N‑COUNT A copper is a police officer. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ …your friendly neighbourhood copper.
co pper-bo ttomed ADJ [usu ADJ n] If you describe something as copper-bottomed , you believe that it is certain to be successful. [BRIT ] □ Their copper-bottomed scheme went badly wrong.
cop|pery /kɒ pəri/ ADJ [usu ADJ n] A coppery colour is reddish-brown like copper. □ …pale coppery leaves.
cop|pice /kɒ p I s/ (coppices , coppicing , coppiced )
1 N‑COUNT A coppice is a small group of trees growing very close to each other. [BRIT ] □ …coppices of willow. in AM, use copse 2 VERB To coppice trees or bushes means to cut off parts of them, in order to make them look more attractive or to make it easier to obtain wood from them. [mainly BRIT , TECHNICAL ] □ [V n] It is best to coppice the trees in the winter before the sap rises. □ [V -ed] …extensive oak woods with coppiced hazel and sweet chestnut. □ [V -ing] …areas where coppicing of hawthorn and hazel occurs.
co ps-and-ro bbers ADJ [ADJ n] A cops-and-robbers film, television programme, or book is one whose story involves the police trying to catch criminals.
copse /kɒ ps/ (copses ) N‑COUNT A copse is a small group of trees growing very close to each other. □ [+ of ] …a little copse of fir trees.
cop|ter /kɒ ptə r / (copters ) N‑COUNT A copter is a helicopter. [INFORMAL ]
Cop|tic /kɒ pt I k/ ADJ [ADJ n] Coptic means belonging or relating to a part of the Christian Church which was started in Egypt. □ The Coptic Church is among the oldest churches of Christianity.
copu|la /kɒ pjʊlə/ (copulas ) N‑COUNT A copula is the same as a linking verb .
copu|late /kɒ pjʊle I t/ (copulates , copulating , copulated ) VERB If one animal or person copulates with another, they have sex. You can also say that two animals or people copulate. [TECHNICAL ] □ [V + with ] During the time she is paired to a male, the female allows no other males to copulate with her. □ [V ] Whales take twenty-four hours to copulate. ● copu|la|tion /kɒ pjʊle I ʃ ə n/ (copulations ) N‑VAR □ …acts of copulation.
copy ◆◆◇ /kɒ pi/ (copies , copying , copied )
1 N‑COUNT If you make a copy of something, you produce something that looks like the original thing. □ [+ of ] The reporter apparently obtained a copy of Steve's resignation letter.