HOW TO PRONOUNCE
cooperative
/kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/
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What does cooperative mean?
adjective
- Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
- Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
- Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
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noun
- A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
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The entire race of Martians is cooperative, and the production of all necessities is based on the needs of the Commonwealth.
In spite of failures, cooperative schemes went on, some of the same men appearing in one after another with irrepressible optimism.
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Intensely cooperative and gregarious as man is, he is as intensely competitive, spurred on by his observations of the other fellow.
The ordinary newspaper in a small town cannot afford such a service, but recently the United Press has originated a cooperative method.
This should be a cooperative enterprise in which all nations work together through the United Nations and its specialized agencies wherever practicable.