cooperative

English

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Adjective

cooperative (comparative more cooperative, superlative most cooperative)

  1. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
    • 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation‎, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
      Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).
    The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment.
  2. Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
    a cooperative game
    a cooperative business enterprise
  3. Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.

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Noun

cooperative (plural cooperatives)

  1. A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.

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terms derived from noun or adjective

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Italian

Adjective

cooperative

  1. feminine plural of cooperativo

Noun

cooperative f

  1. plural of cooperativa

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.o.pe.raːˈtiː.u̯e/, [koɔpɛräːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.o.pe.raˈti.ve/, [koːperäˈt̪iːve]

Adjective

cooperātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of cooperātīvus
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