cooperate

or co-op·er·ate

[ koh-op-uh-reyt ]

verb (used without object)

, co·op·er·at·ed, co·op·er·at·ing.

1. to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
2. to work or act with another or other persons willingly and agreeably.

   Synonyms: participate, join, collaborate

3. to practice economic cooperation.

cooperate

/ kəʊˈɒpəˌreɪt /

verb

1. to work or act together
2. to be of assistance or be willing to assist
3. economics (of firms, workers, consumers, etc) to engage in economic cooperation

Derived Forms

• coˈoperˌator, noun

Other Words From

• co·oper·ator co-oper·ator noun
• unco·oper·ating adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cooperate¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; from Late Latin cooperātus, past participle of cooperārī “to work with”; co-, operate

Word History and Origins

Origin of cooperate¹

C17: from Late Latin cooperārī to work with, combine, from Latin operārī to work

Example Sentences

Morocco, for example, has a worsening human rights record but a lengthy history of cooperating with Israel and the West on security, as well as a genuine terrorism problem, so a sale was reportedly approved.

From MIT Technology Review

Confidence is needed if people are going to cooperate with county contact tracers — the people who help track the spread of the virus by interviewing the sick and figuring out where they’ve gone.

From Voice of San Diego

Other mistakes included not cooperating with Mexico soon enough, and not distributing vaccines strategically to areas or populations deemed more essential.

From TruthBeTold.news

I see the challenges and threat pretty clearly, but I also am willing to work towards areas where it’s in our interest to cooperate.

From Freakonomics

Knowing where each type tends to live on the tongue could help researchers learn how the microbes cooperate.

From Science News For Students

I do not forgive those who saw the attacks and have refused to cooperate with law enforcement.

From The Daily Beast

“The world is trying to bring a coalition together to cooperate against the threat of ISIS,” he said.

From The Daily Beast

A principled GOP could,” said the Senator, “find people on both left and right to cooperate on issues.

From The Daily Beast

Spitz impressed Michaelis as “reliable, trustworthy and intelligent… [and] willing to cooperate.”

From The Daily Beast

Spitz “persuaded Schwend that his best chance would be to confess his activities with the RSHA and to cooperate with us.”

From The Daily Beast

That means they must have a governor, to cooperate with the military garrison.

From Project Gutenberg

But this service cannot be made what it should be made if the Government does not cooperate in this policy of needed publicity.

From Project Gutenberg

This will be much simpler, and will have much less injurious effect on your mind if you cooperate with us.

From Project Gutenberg

After everything that's happened in the past two weeks, it wouldn't kill you to cooperate with us.

From Project Gutenberg

Her military part was to send 120,000 troops across the Channel to cooperate with the French army against the Germans.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• aid
• assist
• collaborate
• comply with
• conspire
• contribute
• coordinate
• further
• help
• participate
• unite
• uphold