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to cooperate

to cooperate

543 3.3
To work together with other people to reach the same goal
  • verb
  • /koʊˈɑːpəreɪt/
translation icon : colaborar con
  • He seems to be cooperating, following instructions.
  • cooperate with a university
  • a cooperating teacher
  • a cooperating student

Aristotle also says, look, virtue cooperates with right principle.

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Examples

  • And that means that they can cooperate and compete within that game.

  • I expect your constabularies to cooperate in the future.

  • There have to be people who will cooperate and who will do their jobs.

  • We need to cooperate to move forward.

  • Now, all you got to do is cooperate with me.

  • So share it because the way human beings learn is we cooperate and we share information.

  • Each answer would work if they just stopped arguing, agreed to cooperate, and got to work.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • But they found that if they work together and cooperated, the trip was a lot easier.

  • We are, of course, cooperating with the investigation, and we will provide racing officials and the DMSB with any information that would help prevent this from happening again.

  • The team decided to cooperate in order to finish the project on time.

Synonyms

to unite
vsto cooperate
2.1

To join people or things into one group for a shared purpose

is about working together over time rather than the initial joining act
to work together
vsto cooperate
728 2.7

To do something with other people to reach the same goal

is the general idea of cooperating rather than a specific phrase
to coordinate
vsto cooperate
325 4.1

To arrange people or activities so they work well together

focuses on mutual work rather than the organizing or arranging role
to come together
vsto cooperate
274 2.7

Join with others to work for the same goal

is about continuous cooperation, not just the act of meeting
to team
vsto cooperate
142 2.5

To join with others to work together for a purpose

emphasizes ongoing cooperative work rather than just forming a group
to collaborate
vsto cooperate
96 4.6

To work with other people to reach a shared goal

is broader, covering any joint work not only creative tasks
to team up
vsto cooperate
95 2.5

Join with other people or groups to work together on a goal

is the general concept of working together rather than the joining action
to join forces
vsto cooperate
57 3.4

To work together with others to achieve a common goal

is more general and not limited to explicit combined effort phrasing
to collaborate with
vsto cooperate
42 4.2

To work together with other people, groups, or tools to do something

is broader, applying to any joint effort not only tool use
to band together
vsto cooperate
34 3.1

Join with other people to work together for a common purpose

focuses on working together rather than on mutual support specifically
to join hands
vsto cooperate
24 2.7

To work together with others for the same goal

is the broader act of cooperating without the solidarity emphasis
to coordinate effort
vsto cooperate
12 4.1

Organize and guide people so they work well together

is about cooperating itself rather than managing or directing others
to ally with
vsto cooperate
12 4.0

To join with another person or group to work together for the same goal

is informal and general, not necessarily a formal alliance
to play well with others
vsto cooperate
  • Informal
5 3.2

To work well with other people in a team

is neutral about harmony, covering any form of collective work
to synergize
vsto cooperate
2 6.7

To work together with others to get better results than alone

covers joint work generally without implying amplified combined results
to league together
vsto cooperate
1 4.6

To join with others to reach a common goal

is broader, describing ongoing cooperative action rather than formal joining
to coact
vsto cooperate
  • Specialized
8.2

Work together with others to reach a goal

focuses more on general working together than on combined effect
to interwork
vsto cooperate
6.7

To connect systems or groups so they act as one

is the general human action of working together, not system linking
to consociate
vsto cooperate
8.6

To join people or groups together for a shared purpose

describes active working together rather than merely forming an association

Antonyms

2.9

To be against something and try to stop it

983 2.6

Try to win against others who want the same thing

How Cooperative

to coordinate
325 4.1
to cooperate
543 3.3
to team up
95 2.5
to support
1.0

Surface Forms

cooperate infinitive
cooperated past
cooperated past participle
cooperating present participle
cooperates third person singular

Morphology

cooperate = operate (transparent) = co + operate

The meaning is directly built from the productive prefix 'co-' (together) added to the verb 'operate', yielding 'work together'.

Etymology

The word cooperate breaks into co- meaning 'together' and operate meaning 'to work', just like in operate or operator. So, to cooperate is to 'work together' with others to reach a common goal.