deal with

verb

dealt with; dealing with; deals with

1

: to be about (something) : to have (something) as a subject

Her speech dealt with health care and the nation's economy.

The film deals with some serious issues.

2

: to make business agreements with (someone)

He deals fairly with all his customers.

Their salespeople are very easy to deal with.

3

: to do something about (a person or thing that causes a problem or difficult situation)

The government dealt harshly with the rebels.

I'll deal with you later.

We weren't able/equipped/prepared to deal with such a large crowd of people.

4

: to accept or try to accept (something that is true and cannot be changed)

She's still trying to deal with his death.

The weather is bad, but we'll just have to deal with it.

Examples of deal with in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Gilgeous-Alexander finished with a game-high 35 points and nine assists but wasn’t enough to carry a Thunder team that limped to the finish line, dealing with fatigue and a slew of injuries. —Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 31 May 2026

Denver finalized multi-year deals with multi-year mainstays Strnad and Singleton, cut 2025 signee Dre Greenlaw, and immediately set the precedent for an offseason of unprecedented veteran retention. —Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 May 2026

To be able to deal with those numbers, operators have increasingly turned toward autonomous systems capable of working continuously with minimal human intervention. —Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 May 2026

To fund their chip spending, AI companies have signed circular deals with each other — cross-investments and capacity commitments between companies like Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic — creating a bubble with potentially catastrophic economic consequences. —Rakesh Kumar, Fortune, 30 May 2026