cooperate

 
Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɒpəreɪt/
(also co-operate)

verb

[no object]
  • work jointly towards the same end: the leaders promised to cooperate in ending the civil war staff need to cooperate with each other
  • assist someone or comply with their requests: his captor threatened to kill him if he didn’t cooperate

Derivatives

cooperant

noun

cooperator

noun

Origin:

late 16th century: from ecclesiastical Latin cooperat- 'worked together', from the verb cooperari, from co- 'together' + operari 'to work'

Spelling help

Cooperate and its related words (such as cooperative) may also be spelled with a hyphen: co-operate, co-operative.