cooperate
or co-op·er·ate
[koh-op-uh-reyt]
- to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- to work or act with another or other persons willingly and agreeably.
- to practice economic cooperation.
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Origin of cooperate
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Contemporary Examples
“Investigators understood it as a way to order a hit on someone they believed was a cooperator,” said Barron.
And then Lowell turned to the man he called the “cooperator”—Andrew Young.
Historical Examples
The librarian should always be treated as a cooperator, and not as an unintelligent servant.
The Library and SocietyVarious
She has been an efficient aid and cooperator with Frank in his gratuitous practice.
Cora and The DoctorHarriette Newell Baker
cooperate
co-operate
- to work or act together
- to be of assistance or be willing to assist
- economics (of firms, workers, consumers, etc) to engage in economic cooperation
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Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin cooperārī to work with, combine, from Latin operārī to work
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Word Origin and History for cooperator
cooperate
v.
also co-operate, c.1600, from Late Latin cooperatus, past participle of cooperari "to work together with" (see cooperation). Related: Cooperated; cooperating.
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