cooperate
verbEtymology
Originated 1595–1605 from Late Latin cooperātus, perfect passive participle of cooperor (“to work with”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Equivalent to co- + operate. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.
- derived from cooperātus
Definitions
To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit.
- In polling by the Pew Research Center in November 2008, fully half the respondents thought the two parties would cooperate more in the coming year, versus only 36 percent who thought the climate would grow more adversarial.
To allow for mutual unobstructed action.
To function in harmony, side by side.
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To engage in economic cooperation.
To obtain the cooperation of (a potential witness)
To obtain the cooperation of (a potential witness); to turn (someone) into a cooperating witness.
The neighborhood
- synonymcoact
- synonymcoadjute
- synonymco-op
- synonymliaise
- synonymmake common cause
- synonymplay ball
- neighborcooperation
- neighborcooperative
- neighborcooperator
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at cooperate. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at cooperate. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at cooperate
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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