co-op

[koh-op, koh-op, koh-op]

noun

1. a cooperative store, dwelling, program, etc.

verb (used with object)

co-oped, co-opped, co-oping, co-opping. 

1. to place in a cooperative arrangement, especially to convert (an apartment or building) to a cooperative.

adjective

1. (of a game, especially a video game) cooperative, requiring players to work together to achieve a common objective: co-op multiplayer games.

   co-op play modes;

   co-op multiplayer games.

Other Word Forms

• co-oper noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of co-op¹

First recorded in 1860–65; shortened form

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. go co-op, to convert to a cooperative.

   Our apartment building is going co-op.

Example Sentences

Last year, a Times investigation dove into allegations of grand theft and money laundering inside a Santa Monica co-op.

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‘Don’t try to live in a co-op,’ she says.

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The recent Louisiana State graduate known to her fans as “Livvy” won’t be moving into the former digs of the player known to fans as “the Bambino,” because the building’s co-op board rejected her application.

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We don't have any co-op or anything of the sort.

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The co-op has not given any details of the nature of cyber attack made against it.

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