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UK
/kəʊˈɒpəɹətˌɪv/
]
[ US /koʊˈɑpɝˌeɪtɪv/ ]
[ US /koʊˈɑpɝˌeɪtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit
a cooperative effort
a cooperative effort - willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
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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
- 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
- an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
How To Use cooperative In A Sentence
- 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
