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cooperate

Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɒpəreɪt/

(also co-operate)
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Definition of cooperate

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'

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

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