Cooperate Definition

kō-ŏpə-rāt

cooperated, cooperates, cooperating

verb

cooperated, cooperates, cooperating

To act or work together with another or others for a common purpose.

Webster's New World

To combine so as to produce an effect.

Webster's New World

To acquiesce willingly; be compliant.

Asked the child to cooperate and go to bed.

American Heritage

To form an association for common, usually economic, benefit.

When buyers cooperate, they can make large wholesale purchases at a discount.

American Heritage

To engage in economic cooperation.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Cooperate

Late Latin cooperārī cooperāt- Latin co- co- operārī to work (from opus oper- work op- in Indo-European roots)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Originated 1595–1605 from Late Latin cooperatus (“work with”). See co- + operate.

From Wiktionary