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co⋅op⋅er⋅a⋅tion

[koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn]
–noun
1. an act or instance of working or acting together for a common purpose or benefit; joint action.
2. more or less active assistance from a person, organization, etc.: We sought the cooperation of various civic leaders.
3. willingness to cooperate: to indicate cooperation.
4. Economics. the combination of persons for purposes of production, purchase, or distribution for their joint benefit: producers' cooperation; consumers' cooperation.
5. Sociology. activity shared for mutual benefit.
6. Ecology. mutually beneficial interaction among organisms living in a limited area.
Also, co-op⋅er⋅a⋅tion.


Origin:
1620–30; (< MF) < LL cooperātiōn- (s. of cooperātiō). See cooperate, -ion


co⋅op⋅er⋅a⋅tion⋅ist, co-op⋅er⋅a⋅tion⋅ist, noun
co·op·er·a·tion   (kō-ŏp'ə-rā'shən)   
n.  
  1. The act or practice of cooperating.
  2. The association of persons or businesses for common, usually economic, benefit.
co·op'er·a'tion·ist n.

Cooperation

Co*["o]p`er*a"tion\, n. [L. co["o]peratio: cf. F. coop['e]ration.]

1. The act of co["o]perating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

Not holpen by the co["o]peration of angels. --Bacon.

2. (Polit. Econ.) The association of a number of persons for their benefit.
Language Translation for : cooperation
Spanish: cooperación,
German: die Zusammenarbeit,
Japanese: 協同

cooperation 
1398, from L.L. cooperationem "a working together," from cooperari "to work together," from com- "with" + operari "to work" (see operation). Co-op is first recorded 1872, a shortening of co-operative store.
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