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[ UK /kə‍ʊˈɒpəɹətˌɪv/ ]
[ US /koʊˈɑpɝˌeɪtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit
    a cooperative effort
    a cooperative effort
  2. willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
  3. involving the joint activity of two or more
    a cooperative effort
    the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind
    a united effort
    joint military activities
    a cooperative effort
    the conjunctive focus of political opposition
    concerted action
NOUN
  1. a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
  2. an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
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  • This cooperative family decision-making has much to recommend it.
  • There was a reason for this: unbeknown to the Reserve Bank, the major banks were working secretly and cooperatively to develop an alternative payment system that would substitute for direct debits.
  • The orchestrated escort and the accompanying police violence in clearing the picket reflected the involvement of city based police, the local constabulary having been cooperative with the workers.
  • They found striking similarities between Argonaute structures and proteins that happened to exhibit a particular kind of "cooperative binding" known as allostery. EurekAlert! - Breaking News
  • I also visited a cooperative of peasant farmers who grow sesame seed.
  • Leaders like that get only the bare minimum of effort and never rouse employees to cooperative activity.
  • The cooperative transport in a two-dimensional system of hard balls is studied, which is underdamped and under the deterministically flashing ratchet potential.
  • The Social Economy Network Cooperative Basel is a democratic network in which each member organization has one vote.
  • Since I clearly am still unable to accomplish the feat of bilocation, the bank was most cooperative. Ripped off Prevention Tactics
  • Special emphasis shall be placed on maximum use of SI units in cooperative programs with international partners. NASA Watch: June 2009 Archives
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