Dictionary

cooperative en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /kɔˈɑp.ɹətɪv/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/ (General-American)
• /kɔˈap.ɹətɪv/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English operative English cooperative From co- + operative.

Meanings

1. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
   • The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment.
   • Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011). 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
2. Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
   • a cooperative game
   • a cooperative business enterprise
3. Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.

Forms

Antonyms

competitive · adversarial

Deriveds

Co-operative Republic of Guyana

Relateds

cooperatively · cooperation

Translations (50)

hu kooperáló (ready to work with another) · gv co-obbragh (relating to a cooperative) · fi yhteistyöhaluinen (ready to work with another) · fi yhteistyökykyinen (ready to work with another) · pt cooperativo (ready to work with another) · hu kooperatív (ready to work with another) · bg кооперати́вен (relating to a cooperative) · ca cooperatiu (ready to work with another) · gv co-obbragh (ready to work with another) · fi yhteistoiminnallinen (ready to work with another) · nb samarbeidsvillig (ready to work with another) · de genossenschaftlich (relating to a cooperative) · gl cooperativo (ready to work with another) · it cooperativo (ready to work with another) · kk корпоративтік (relating to a cooperative) · la cooperātivus (ready to work with another) · de kooperativ (relating to a cooperative) · es cooperador (ready to work with another) · ar تَعَاوُنِيّ (involving cooperation) · ml സഹകരണ (relating to a cooperative) · he שתופי (ready to work with another) · fr coopératif (ready to work with another) · tl matutulungin (ready to work with another) · es cooperante (ready to work with another) · el συνεργατικός (involving cooperation) · gl cooperativo (relating to a cooperative) · el συνεταιρικός (involving cooperation) · hu szövetkezeti (relating to a cooperative) · sv kooperativ (relating to a cooperative) · de kooperativ (ready to work with another) · es cooperativo (ready to work with another) · ca cooperatiu (relating to a cooperative) · el συνεργάσιμος (ready to work with another) · nl samenwerkend (ready to work with another) · ru кооперати́вный (relating to a cooperative) · kk корпоративті (relating to a cooperative) · pt cooperante (ready to work with another) · fi osuustoiminnallinen (relating to a cooperative) · fi yhteistoiminnallinen (relating to a cooperative) · hu segítőkész (ready to work with another) · el συνεταιριστικός (involving cooperation) · hu együttműködő (ready to work with another) · ru гото́вый к сотру́дничеству (ready to work with another) · el συνεταιριστικός (relating to a cooperative) · sv samarbetsvillig (ready to work with another) · ru объединённый (ready to work with another) · bg съвме́стен (ready to work with another) · ru совме́стный (ready to work with another) · hi सहकारी (relating to a cooperative) · pt cooperativo (relating to a cooperative)

cooperative en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɔˈɑp.ɹətɪv/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/ (General-American)
• /kɔˈap.ɹətɪv/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English operative English cooperative From co- + operative.

Meanings

1. A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
   • The head of an agricultural producers’ cooperative in Chien-shih county of Hupei Province lectured his peasant wife: “To gain emancipation, women must do production work just like men.” 1965 [1959], C. K. Yang, “Changing Family Economic Structure”, in Chinese Communist Society: The Family and The Village, The M.I.T. Press, →OCLC, page 153:
   • Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds. 1968, Progressive Grocer's Marketing Guidebook, page 13:

Forms

Deriveds

cooperative game (terms derived from noun or adjective) · co-op (terms derived from noun or adjective) · cooperative principle (terms derived from noun or adjective) · uncooperative (terms derived from noun or adjective) · noncooperative (terms derived from noun or adjective) · platform cooperative (terms derived from noun or adjective) · cooperativeness (terms derived from noun or adjective) · cooperativism (terms derived from noun or adjective) · anticooperative (terms derived from noun or adjective) · protocooperative (terms derived from noun or adjective) · cooperativity (terms derived from noun or adjective) · cooperativist (terms derived from noun or adjective) · cooperativize (terms derived from noun or adjective) · cooperative federalism (terms derived from noun or adjective)

Translations (36)

el συνεταιρισμός (type of company) · bg кооперати́в (type of company) · cs družstvo (type of company) · sh кооперати́ва (type of company) · de Genossenschaft (type of company) · izh kooperativa (type of company) · tl tangkilikan (type of company) · pl kooperatywa (type of company) · th สหกรณ์ (type of company) · nl coöperatie (type of company) · fi osuuskunta (type of company) · ru кооперати́в (type of company) · ru това́рищество (type of company) · pt cooperativa (type of company) · pl spółdzielnia (type of company) · hu termelőszövetkezet (type of company) · cmn 合作社 (type of company) · ro cooperativă (type of company) · eo kooperativo (type of company) · sv kooperativ (type of company) · sh kooperatíva (type of company) · de Kooperative (type of company) · vi hợp tác xã (type of company) · bg коопера́ция (type of company) · gv co-obbragh (type of company) · fr coopérative (type of company) · tl kooperatiba (type of company) · nl coöperatieve vennootschap (type of company) · hu tsz (type of company) · hy կոոպերատիվ (type of company) · hu téesz (type of company) · es cooperativa (type of company) · ca cooperativa (type of company) · it cooperativa (type of company) · hu szövetkezet (type of company) · id koperasi (type of company)

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