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cooperative
[ koh-op-er-uh-tiv, -op-ruh-tiv, -op-uh-rey-tiv ]
adjective
- working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
- demonstrating a willingness to cooperate:
The librarian was cooperative in helping us find the book.
- pertaining to economic cooperation:
a cooperative business.
- involving or denoting an educational program comprising both classroom study and on-the-job or technical training, especially in colleges and universities.
noun
- a jointly owned enterprise engaging in the production or distribution of goods or the supplying of services, operated by its members for their mutual benefit, typically organized by consumers or farmers.
- Also called co-op,
- a building owned and managed by a corporation in which shares are sold, entitling the shareholders to occupy individual units in the building.
- an apartment in such a building. Compare condominium ( defs 1, 2 ).
cooperative
/ kəʊˈɒpərətɪv; -ˈɒprə- /
adjective
- willing to cooperate; helpful
- acting in conjunction with others; cooperating
- (of an enterprise, farm, etc) owned collectively and managed for joint economic benefit
- (of an economy or economic activity) based on collective ownership and cooperative use of the means of production and distribution
noun
- a cooperative organization
- Also calledcooperative apartment a block of flats belonging to a corporation in which shares are owned in proportion to the relative value of the flat occupied Sometimes shortened tocoop Compare condominium
Derived Forms
- ˈDZپԱ, noun
- ˈDZپ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- ·DZ···پ· -DZ···پ·ly [koh-, op, -er-, uh, -tiv-lee, -, op, -r, uh, -tiv-, -, op, -, uh, -rey-tiv-], adverb
- ·DZ···پ·Ա -DZ···پ·ness noun
- ܲ··DZ···پ adjective
- un··DZ···پ· adverb
- un··DZ···پ·Ա noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of cooperative1
Example Sentences
Because the odds of such a serious, urgent, equitable and cooperative public health response being realized in the current reality seem incredibly unlikely.
All that and much, much more happened with a federal government that still had a working CDC, NIH, HHS and friendly, cooperative relationships with the world's leading scientific research institutions and their countries' leaders.
Vartan said his pizza shop employs about 25 people and operates as a worker cooperative — a business owned by its workers.
"He remained afebrile, always alert, cooperative with therapies and well-oriented", the statement said.
The 88-year-old pontiff has resumed the use of an oxygen mask and ventilator to assist his breathing, but remains "alert, focused and cooperative", the Vatican said.
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