Lexic.us

Definition of Cooperate

1. Verb. Work together on a common enterprise of project. "We joined forces with another research group"

Definition of Cooperate

1. Verb. (intransitive) To work or act together, especially for a common purpose or benefit. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To allow for mutual unobstructed action ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To function in harmony, side by side ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To engage in economic cooperation. ¹

5. Verb. (alternative spelling of cooperate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cooperate

1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cooperate

Literary usage of Cooperate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"Steele to Helena, to cooperate with Gen. Schofield's troops against Little Rock, and ¡mother, under Gens. Ord and Herrón, to New Orleans, to reinforce Gen. ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Two highly significant events, indicating the desire of Baptists everywhere to draw closer together and to cooperate in the world-wide dissemination of ..."

3. Diplomatic Documents Relating to the Outbreak of the European War by James Brown Scott (1916)
"Belgium appeals to Great Britain, France, and Russia to cooperate as guaranteeing Powers in the defence of her territory. There should be concerted and ..."

4. The Foundations of National Prosperity: Studies in the Conservation of by Richard Theodore Ely, Charles Kenneth Leith, Ralph Henry Hess, Thomas Nixon Carver (1917)
"Perhaps even more favorable to conservation of natural resources than actual combination into large business units would be permission to cooperate under ..."

5. The Negro Races: A Sociological Study by Jerome Dowd (1907)
"(d) Ability to cooperate.—But the people of this zone were more active physically and mentally and they compensated for their less bountiful food supply by ..."

6. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"You men must be willing to cooperate in bringing the new housekeeping into your home, just as the new farming has been brought to you. to increase ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1896)
"Nine countries have promised to cooperate in the work, which includes determinations of the altitudes, directions and relative velocities of clouds. ..."

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