cooperate

cooperate or co-operate (kəʊˈɒpəˌreɪt)

—vb
1.	to work or act together
2.	to be of assistance or be willing to assist
3.	economics (of firms, workers, consumers, etc) to engage in economic cooperation

[C17: from Late Latin cooperārī to work with, combine, from Latin operārī to work]

co-operate or co-operate

—vb

[C17: from Late Latin cooperārī to work with, combine, from Latin operārī to work]

co'operator or co-operate

—n

co-'operator or co-operate

—n

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cooperate

1610s, from L. cooperat-, pp. stem of cooperari (see cooperation). Related: Cooperating (1640s).

Example sentences

However, it's generally illegal to refuse to cooperate with flight attendants' instructions.

There is not much incentive to cooperate outside your own research group.

People who don't cooperate are eventually shunned or jailed.

Bowman also agreed to cooperate with prosecutors' investigation of the company.

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"As the mother of a son, I do not accept that alienation from me is necessary for his discovery of himself. As a woman, I will not cooperate in demeaning womanly things so that he can be proud to be a man. I like to think the women in my son's future are counting on me."

-Letty Cottin Pogrebin

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