Dictionary

cooperate en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kəʉˈɔp.ə.ɹæɪt/ (Australia)
• (UK) audio
• /kəʊˈɒp.ə.ɹeɪt/ (UK)
• /koʊˈɑ.pəˌɹeɪt/ (Canada, US)
• /kɐʉˈɒp.ə.ɹæɪt/ (New-Zealand)
• [kɐʉˈɔ̟p.ə.ɹæɪt] (New-Zealand)
• /kuˈɒp.ə.ɹeɪt/ (UK)
• audio
• /kəˈwɔpəɹɛjt/ (British, Southern, Standard)
• /kuˈɑ.pəˌɹeɪt/ (Canada, US)
• (US) audio

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) 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. 2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times:
2. (intransitive) To allow for mutual unobstructed action.
3. (intransitive) To function in harmony, side by side.
4. (intransitive) To engage in economic cooperation.
5. (jargon, transitive) To obtain the cooperation of (a potential witness); to turn (someone) into a cooperating witness.

Forms

Deriveds

noncooperating · uncooperating · coopete · cooperating

Relateds

cooperation · cooperative · cooperator

Synonyms

coadjute · make common cause · co-op · liaise · play ball · coact

Translations (67)

sh sarađivati (to work together) · vi cộng tác (to work together) · he שִׁתֵּף פְּעֻלָּה (to work together) · hi सहयोग करना (to work together) · uk співпрацюва́ти (to work together) · th ร่วมมือ (to work together) · de kooperieren (to work together) · grc συμπράσσω (to work together) · qu yanapay (to work together) · pl współpracować (to work together) · ja 協力する (to work together) · ru сотру́дничать (to work together) · cmn 一力 (to work together) · fi toimia yhteistyössä (to work together) · cy cydweithio (to work together) · lt bendradarbiauti (to work together) · fr coopérer (to work together) · sh сарађивати (to work together) · tr işbirliği yapmak (to work together) · lo ຮ່ວມໝູ່ (to work together) · sh surađivati (to work together) · sv samverka (to work together) · de zusammenspielen (function in harmony, side by side) · ca cooperar (to work together) · bg сътру́днича (to work together) · sv samarbeta (to work together) · lij coadiovâ (to work together) · fr collaborer (to work together) · be супрацо́ўнічаць (to work together) · ko 협력하다 (to work together) · cmn 合作 (to work together) · ms bekerjasama (to work together) · sl sodelovati (to work together) · ro coopera (to work together) · no samarbeide (to work together) · it collaborare (to work together) · sv samspela (function in harmony, side by side) · eo kunlabori (to work together) · pt cooperar (to work together) · hu együttműködik (to work together) · it cooperare (to work together) · ar تَعَاوَنَ (to work together) · ta ஒத்துழை (function in harmony, side by side) · lb cooperéieren (to work together) · es cooperar (to work together) · da samarbejde (to work together) · ru коопери́ровать (to work together) · sh сурађивати (to work together) · ta ஒத்துழை (to work together) · fi tehdä yhteistyötä (to work together) · mk соработува (to work together) · sk spolupracovať (to work together) · pt colaborar (to work together) · cs spolupracovat (to work together) · hy համագործակցել (to work together) · cmn 協力 /协力 (to work together) · te సహకరించు (to work together) · da samspille (function in harmony, side by side) · eo kunagi (to work together) · is vinna saman (to work together) · gl cooperar (to work together) · de harmonieren (function in harmony, side by side) · de zusammenarbeiten (to work together) · ang efnwyrċan (to work together) · hu kooperál (to work together) · unm witënakwsi (to work together) · nl samenwerken (to work together)