cooperative
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United States//kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv//
- United States//kɔˈɑp.ɹətɪv//
- United States//kɔˈap.ɹətɪv//
Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
adjective
- 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).
- 2
Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
a cooperative game
a cooperative business enterprise
- 3
Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English operative English cooperative From co- + operative.
noun
- 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.”
Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds.
Forms
- plural
- cooperatives
- comparative
- more cooperative
- superlative
- most cooperative
cooperative · Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
coordinate · Of the same rank; equal.coordinated · Organized, working together, cooperatingcoordination · The act of coordinating, making different people or things…