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cooperations

[koh-op-uh-rey-shuhn] Origin

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.
EXPAND
6.
Ecology. mutually beneficial interaction among organisms living in a limited area.
COLLAPSE
Also, co-op·er·a·tion.


Origin:
1620–30; (< Middle French ) < Late Latin cooperātiōn- (stem of cooperātiō). See cooperate, -ion

co·op·er·a·tion·ist, co-op·er·a·tion·ist, noun
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Word Origin & History

cooperation
late 14c., from L.L. cooperationem "a working together," from cooperari "to work together," from com- "with" + operari "to work" (see operation).
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