cooperate
verb /kəʊˈɒpəreɪt/
/kəʊˈɑːpəreɪt/
(British English also co-operate)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cooperate | /kəʊˈɒpəreɪt/ /kəʊˈɑːpəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it cooperates | /kəʊˈɒpəreɪts/ /kəʊˈɑːpəreɪts/ |
| past simple cooperated | /kəʊˈɒpəreɪtɪd/ /kəʊˈɑːpəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle cooperated | /kəʊˈɒpəreɪtɪd/ /kəʊˈɑːpəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form cooperating | /kəʊˈɒpəreɪtɪŋ/ /kəʊˈɑːpəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] cooperate (with somebody) (in/on something) to work together with somebody else in order to achieve something
- The two groups agreed to cooperate with each other.
- They had cooperated closely in the planning of the project.
Extra ExamplesTopics Discussion and agreementc1- The two companies are cooperating in the development of a new engine.
- We are cooperating on a research project.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- closely
- will
- would
- agree to
- …
- in
- on
- with
- …
- [intransitive] cooperate (with somebody) (in/on something) to be helpful by doing what somebody asks you to do
- Their captors told them they would be killed unless they cooperated.
- The company has agreed to cooperate with the employment survey.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- fully
- closely
- will
- would
- agree to
- …
- in
- on
- with
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from ecclesiastical Latin cooperat- ‘worked together’, from the verb cooperari, from co- ‘together’ + operari ‘to work’.