Cooperate

Definition: Cooperate

Cooperate

Verb

1. Work together on a common enterprise of project; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "cooperate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Synonyms: Cooperate

Aid

Second, stand by; back, back up; pay the piper, abet; work for, make interest for, stick up for, take up the cudgels for; take up the cause of, espouse the cause of, adopt the cause of; advocate, beat up for recruits, press into the service; squire, give moral support to, keep in countenance, countenance, patronize; lend oneself to, lend one's countenance to; smile upon, shine upon; favor, befriend, take in hand, enlist under the banners of; side with; (cooperate).

Cooperation

Verb: cooperate, concur; coact, synergize.

Crosswords: Cooperate

I'm here to cooperate with you a hundred percent. (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

And if you don't cooperate I may have to put you in jail and that would make me feel really bad. (The General's Daughter; writing credit: Christopher Bertolini)

He's happy, and he sends his love, and he wants you to cooperate with us. (Firestarter; writing credit: Stephen King; Stanley Mann)

Cooperate, and we can operate, and save an attack (Murder Murder (Remix) *; performing artist: Eminem)

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Books

• How To Make Internal Customers Cooperate [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

• Kid Cooperation: How to Stop Yelling, Nagging and Pleading and Get Kids to Cooperate (reference)

• Ready, Set, Cooperate (Ready, Set, Learn Series) (reference)

• Schools of the Future: How American Business and Education Can Cooperate to Save Our Schools (reference)

• Separate and Cooperate, Cooperate and Separate: The Disengagement of the Palestine Health Care System from Israel and its Emergence as an Independent System (reference)

  (more book examples)

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The four freedoms. All out for defense is this Eastern steel mill. The furnaces are running twenty-four hours a day as American labor and American industry cooperate in the greatest armament effort of all time. Credit: Library of Congress.

Rural scrap salvage. Farmers cooperate with local scrap collection project sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB). Mr. Wright, of Dexter, Michigan, loads the scale with metal scrap from the large pile salvaged at his farm. Frank Deyer, Work Projects. Credit: Library of Congress.

Potomac Electric Power Co. substations. Substation no. 38 window display: Cooperate I. Credit: Library of Congress.

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A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.

To cooperate in the highest as well as the lowest sense, means to get our living together.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Some patients may not be candidates for sophisticated studies due to inability to cooperate or a poor prognosis for correction. (references)

Sensitized T lymphocytes cooperate with B lymphocytes to produce antibodies against components of the myelin sheath and may contribute to destruction of the myelin. (references)

Relative contraindications include diseases of neuromuscular transmission, coagulopathy (including therapeutic anticoagulation), and inability of the patient to cooperate. (references)

Business

These organizations are very active and usually cooperate with American firms. (references)

Therefore, U.S. firms may find opportunities to cooperate with AIDC on specific projects. (references)

Ukrainian companies actively cooperate with Inmarsat, Intersputnik, Eutelsat, and Intelsat. (references)

Children

Israel and the occupied territories

Government ministries, children's rights groups, and members of the legislature often cooperate on children's rights issues. (references)

Saudi Arabia

The Government and private charitable organizations cooperate in education, employment, and other services for persons with disabilities. (references)

Kiribati

Foreign-based aid workers and the World Health Organization cooperate with the Ministry of Health to conduct outer island workshops for health workers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Bangladesh

Local police initially refused to cooperate when Sultan sought to lodge a complaint. (references)

Iran

To obtain tenure, professors must cooperate with government authorities over a period of years. (references)

Zambia

Failure to cooperate with a tribunal may result in charges of contempt punishable by up to 6 months in jail. (references)

Economic History

Spain

The two countries also cooperate in several other important areas. (references)

Dominican Republic

The two governments cooperate in the fight against the traffic in illegal substances. (references)

Denmark

The U.S. and Denmark continue to cooperate closely on matters related to the air base. (references)

Human Rights

Burundi

The Ministries cooperate with the ICRC. (references)

Kazakhstan

They cooperate with each other on human rights and legal reform issues. (references)

Russia

Officials such as Vladimir Kalamanov and Oleg Mironov regularly interact and cooperate with NGO's. (references)

Indigenous People

Suriname

Maroon and Amerindian groups continue to cooperate with each other in order to exercise their rights more effectively. (references)

Minorities

Czech Republic

Some Roma refuse to cooperate with compulsory vaccinations for children or are refused treatment by general practitioners who have full quotas of subsidized patients. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

Employers generally cooperate with the inspections in implementing safety standards. (references)

Trade

Philippines

FCS and Exim will cooperate to disseminate information on Eximbank programs. (references)

Georgia

Currently, Shorebank Advisory Services (SAS) and FINCA International cooperate with Georgian banks and micro-finance counterparts to provide small and micro-loans and other technical assistance to build permanent indigenous financial and non-financial institutions. (references)

Uk

Although sensitive to the extraterritorial application of U.S. law in export controls, the UK authorities cooperate with the U.S. in preventing the re-export of sensitive goods and technology of U.S.-origin to unauthorized destinations, when the enforcement action is based on multilateral controls. (references)

Travel

Saudi Arabia

License numbers of vehicles and descriptions of individuals are extremely helpful for follow up. Saudi Arabian officials continue to cooperate closely with the Embassy to ensure the safety of all Americans. (references)

Women

Malaysia

NGO's and political parties also cooperate in providing counseling for rape victims. (references)

Philippines

Hotel and travel industry leaders continued to refuse to honor their pledges to cooperate with a code endorsed by international tourism groups to stop sex tourism. (references)

Worker Rights

Denmark

The authorities cooperate with international investigations. (references)

Russia

Political parties often cooperate with unions, for example, in calling for a national day of protest. (references)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Nonetheless, some employers seek a good industrial relations environment and cooperate with trade unions. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Afrikaans

saamwerk (co-operate). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تعاون (club up, collaborate, collaboration, communion, concur, conspire, cooperation, cope, get together, joining, participate, pull together, team up, unite, work for smth.), ‏عمل سويا, ‏بادئة معناها معا. (various references)

Chinese 

协作 (Cooperated, Cooperating), �" (harmonize, to assist, to help, to join), 合力 . (various references)

Czech

spolupracovat (collaborate, work in harness). (various references)

Dutch

samenwerken (co-operate, work together), meewerken (co-operate). (various references)

Esperanto

kunlabori (co-operate). (various references)

Farsi 

همیاری کردن , همدستی کردن (Collaborate, Help), تعاون کردن , تشریک مساعی کردن , اشتراک مساعی کردن , باهم کارکردن (Collaborate). (various references)

French

coopérer (co operate, co opt, collaborate), se coopérer. (various references)

German

zusammenarbeiten (act in concert, collaborate, to act in concert, to collaborate, to cooperate, work together). (various references)

Greek 

συνεργάζομαι (co operate, collaborate, join forces, pull together). (various references)

Hebrew 

לשתף פעול�" (collaborate, get together, pull together, string along with). (various references)

Hungarian

szövetkezik (band together, co operate, gang up on, league, to ally, to associate, to coalesce, to confederate, to cooperate, to co-operate, to join hands, to league), együttműködik (to cooperate, to co-operate, to co-operate in attaining an end, to pull together). (various references)

Indonesian

bergotong-royong (share work), bekerjasama (collaboration, pull together). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

助け合う (to cooperate, to help each other). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たすけあう (to cooperate, to help each other), そりがあわない (unable to cooperate), くみになる (to cooperate with, to join forces with). (various references)

Korean 

협� �하십시�". (various references)

Malay

bantu ... membantu (accomodate, aid, assist, co-operate, help). (various references)

Papiamen

koperá (co-operate), kolaborá (co-operate). (various references)

Pig Latin

ooperatecay

Polish

współpracować. (various references)

Portuguese

colaborar (contribute, co-operate, ghost, go along, help). (various references)

Romanian

coopera (co operate, co-operate, pull together, unite), colabora (co operate, collaborate, co-operate, unite). (various references)

Russian 

сотрудничать (co operate, collaborate, co-operate, play ball). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sarađivati (co operate, collaborate, pull together). (various references)

Spanish

cooperar (co operate, play ball). (various references)

Swedish

samarbeta (co operate, collaborate, co-operate, play, pull). (various references)

Thai

ร่วมมือ (collaborate), ยอมทำตาม (capitulate, cave in). (various references)

Turkish

yardımlaşmak, işbirliği yapmak (aline oneself with, associate, associate oneself, go ahead with, identify to, identify with, make common cause with, play ball), işbirliği etmek, destek olmak (arm, back, back up, bear up, bolster up, roll a log for smb., see through, shore, smile on, support), birlikte çalışmak (team up, team up with, work together). (various references)

Ukrainian

співробітничати (collaborate, contribute, pull together), сприяти (abet, advantage, assist, befriend, bolster, conduce, facilitate, farther, favour, further, help, help along, help forward, make for, promote, redound, subserve, support), кооперуватися, вза�"модіяти (interact). (various references)

collaborare, cooperabatur, cooperante, cooperanti, cooperantur, cooperati. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "cooperate": cooperated, cooperates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Cooperate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cooberate, cooperite, cooporate, coperate, Coppergate, corperate, cuprate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: ocreate, operate.

-3 letters: capote, captor, carpet, cartop, cerate, coatee, coater, cooper, cooter, copter, create, ecarte, ocreae, preact, protea, recept, repeat, retape, toecap.

-4 letters: actor, aport, apter, arete, caper, caret, carte, cater, coapt, cooee, cooer, coopt, coper, copra, crape, crate, creep, crepe, crept, eater, epact, erect, etape, oater, ocrea, opera, orate, pacer, pareo, pater.

+1 letter: coleoptera, cooperated, cooperates.

+2 letters: coleopteran, cooperative.

+3 letters: baroreceptor, coleopterans, cooperatives, protectorate.

+4 letters: baroreceptors, cooperatively, expectoration, protectorates, proteinaceous, reincorporate, uncooperative.

+5 letters: contemporaries, corporealities, ecocatastrophe, expectorations, extracorporeal, herpetological, intercorporate, noncooperative, overcompensate, overcomplicate, pneumothoraces, reincorporated, reincorporates.