cooperateco‧op‧e‧rate (also co-operate British English) /kəʊˈɒpəreɪt $ koʊˈɑːp-/ ●●○ AWL verb [intransitive] 
The two universities are to cooperate in the development of a new industrial process. They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests.cooperate with Lions cooperate with each other when hunting game. As chairman I was anxious to co-operate with Mr Baker as far as possible. The church seeks to cooperate closely with local schools.cooperate to do something Both sides agreed to co-operate to prevent illegal fishing in the area.2to do what someone wants you to docooperate with I advised my client to cooperate fully with the police. If you refuse to co-operate, I’ll kill you.
WORD ORIGINcooperate
Origin:
1500-1600 Late Latin past participle of cooperari, from Latin co- ( ➔ CO-) + operari ‘to work’VERB TABLE
cooperate
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | cooperate |
| he, she, it | cooperates | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cooperated |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cooperated |
| he, she, it | has cooperated | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cooperated |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will cooperate |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cooperated |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am cooperating |
| he, she, it | is cooperating | |
| you, we, they | are cooperating | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was cooperating |
| you, we, they | were cooperating | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cooperating |
| he, she, it | has been cooperating | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cooperating |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cooperating |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cooperating |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Aid agencies and UN forces are cooperating to get food supplies to the people who need them.
- Finance ministers and central bankers agreed to cooperate closely to sustain the strength of the pound.
- The administration is willing to cooperate and work toward peace.
- The president said that Mexico would continue to cooperate with the US in the fight against drugs.
- Traditionally management has called upon workers to cooperate in increasing productivity.
- We'll be all right if the weather cooperates.
- As Katherine remembers it, I was so thrilled with the compliment that I cooperated from then on.
- For safety they should cooperate when local authorities display signs, warning that the seashore is dangerous.
- Hernandez and Brown said they anticipate that Congress will cooperate and grant the city Medicare and Medicaid waivers.
- Roman Catholics, however, emphasizing the role of free will, believe that humans can cooperate in their salvation through actions.
- Such a power could, more than anything, prove to be the greatest single incentive to cooperate.
- Then the members might agree to cooperate, and to join in punishing any member who defects.
- These three countries agreed to cooperate soon after the Second World War.
- Torrez pleaded guilty last March and is cooperating with prosecutors.
Longman Language Activatorto work together
· We can only succeed if we all work together as a team.work together to do something · Both sides are going to have to work together to find other ways of settling their differences.
also co-operate British if two people or groups cooperate with each other, they work together and help each other in order to achieve something that will be good for both of them: cooperate with: · The president said that Mexico would continue to cooperate with the US in the fight against drugs.cooperate to do something: · Aid agencies and UN forces are cooperating to get food supplies to the people who need them.cooperate closely (=help each other as much as possible): · Finance ministers and central bankers agreed to cooperate closely to sustain the strength of the pound.cooperate in/on: · Traditionally management has called upon workers to cooperate in increasing productivity.
to work together, especially on a specific piece of scientific, artistic, or industrial work: collaborate to do something: · Researchers in Stanford and Princeton collaborated to manufacture a completely new waterproof textile.collaborate with: · Hewlett Packard collaborated with Nokia to produce the palmtop-telephone.collaborate on/in: · Fellini collaborated with Rossellini on the script of the film.· Educators and employers need to collaborate in preparing the next generation for employment and adulthood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests. The church seeks to cooperate closely with local schools. I advised my client to cooperate fully with the police. If you refuse to co-operate, I’ll kill you.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB
They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests. The church seeks to cooperate closely with local schools. I advised my client to cooperate fully with the police. If you refuse to co-operate, I’ll kill you.· Social services departments cooperate closely with voluntary organizations concerned with the welfare of deprived children.
· We're prepared to cooperate fully with any security council inquiry.· She cooperated fully in the project in a most commendable spirit of scientific interest.
NOUN· Liggett had emerged from the pack to cooperate with authorities over cigarettes.· Amid an increasingly hostile war of words, Finley has criticized Racicot for reneging on a promise to cooperate with federal authorities.· For safety they should cooperate when local authorities display signs, warning that the seashore is dangerous.· The Home Office was willingly cooperating with other authorities to ensure the events passed off peacefully and with due respect.
· Cable companies are cooperating to establish fiber networks involving different operators so that they can compete with the telephone companies.· The companies have talked about cooperating on future products, these people say.
· Local governments, too, cooperated, glad to have their economy boomed for them.· Dole believes in making government function by cooperating, compromising and working out the inevitable disagreements of a diverse society.
· Republicans have questioned whether the money was intended to encourage Hubbell not to cooperate with investigations into the Whitewater affair.· All the charges stem from Conoline's refusal to cooperate with an investigation into a botched Dec. 7 drug bust.· He is apparently cooperating with the investigation.
· Under the law, the United States suspends all assistance programs to any country not certified as cooperating in the drug war.
VERB· Five members of the network pleaded guilty, and agreed to cooperate with the prosecution.· The Orthodox agreed to cooperate, but balked at merging the two efforts.· Then the members might agree to cooperate, and to join in punishing any member who defects.· After confessing, Flores agreed to cooperate with investigators.· After Major League Baseball agreed to cooperate, the Giants allowed film crews access to the stadium.· Williams, 26, pleaded guilty to extortion on Jan. 28 and agreed to cooperate with the government.· As part of her plea agreement, she agreed to cooperate with federal officials and received two years' probation.
· Stanford has so far indicated it will continue to cooperate with the magazine.
· Moreover it fails to cooperate with Nature, which makes us all originals, with no two faces or two minds alike.· The commission said it could revive the subpoenas if the editors failed to cooperate with the inquiry, which opens this week.
· Finally, the idea that the big financial institutions are a law unto themselves and would refuse to cooperate is a myth.· Diem, having rejected it, refused to cooperate, and the United States backed him.· It empowered local councils to enter gardens and cut down problem hedges if their owners refuse to cooperate.· When appearing in court, all three men refused to cooperate, claiming the government has no jurisdiction.· Rex refused to cooperate when he realized that what Minter was really looking for was a scandal - any scandal.· The two families were so angry that they refused to talk or cooperate with the hospital personnel.· The committee also criticised him for refusing to cooperate with the Standards Commissioner, Elizabeth Filkin.· The new problem was the weather it refused to cooperate.
WORD FAMILYnouncooperationcooperativeadjectivecooperative ≠ uncooperativeverbcooperateadverbcooperatively ≠ uncooperatively
1to work with someone else to achieve something that you both wantcooperate in/on The two universities are to cooperate in the development of a new industrial process. They agreed to co-operate with Brazil on a programme to protect the rain forests.cooperate with Lions cooperate with each other when hunting game. As chairman I was anxious to co-operate with Mr Baker as far as possible. The church seeks to cooperate closely with local schools.cooperate to do something Both sides agreed to co-operate to prevent illegal fishing in the area.2to do what someone wants you to docooperate with I advised my client to cooperate fully with the police. If you refuse to co-operate, I’ll kill you.