cooperation

Or 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.

cooperation

/ kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃən /

noun

1. joint operation or action

2. assistance or willingness to assist

3. economics the combination of consumers, workers, farmers, etc, in activities usually embracing production, distribution, or trade

4. ecology beneficial but inessential interaction between two species in a community

Other Word Forms

• cooperationist noun
• co-operationist noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of cooperation¹

First recorded in 1620–30; from Middle French, from Late Latin cooperātiōn-, stem of cooperātiō; equivalent to cooperate + -ion

Example Sentences

The strategy also allowed for firms to occupy key nodes in semiconductor and energy value chains to facilitate foreign cooperation on shared priorities.

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“I hope that this cooperation will not only be restored, but will continue in the spirit of our relations, in the spirit of our alliance,” Putin said.

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A ministry spokesperson said in a separate statement Thursday that some entities had engaged in "so-called military-technical cooperation with Taiwan", made "vile remarks about China", and helped foreign governments suppress Chinese companies.

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Several drugmakers, including Eli Lilly and Johnson & Johnson, announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on U.S. manufacturing and research in the coming years as a show of cooperation.

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Yet Brussels has praised Beijing’s alignment with net-zero policy and the Paris Agreement—even announcing in a joint EU-China statement in July that “green is the defining color of China-EU cooperation.”

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Related Words

• aid 
• assistance 
• collaboration 
• participation 
• partnership 
• service 
• unity