cooperative

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cooperative

The children were cooperative and worked together to build a large sandcastle.

Definition
  1. Adjective:

    • Involving mutual assistance in working toward a common goal: Describes people or groups working together willingly and helpfully.
    • Willing to cooperate: Describes a person's attitude as helpful and inclined to work with others.
    • Owned and run jointly by its members, who share the benefits: Describes an organization or enterprise structured for the mutual benefit of its participants.
  2. Noun:

    • A farm, business, or other organization owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits or benefits: A specific type of enterprise based on cooperative principles.
Examples of Usage
  • Adjective:

    • The project was a success due to the highly cooperative team.
    • Please be cooperative and follow the instructions.
    • They joined a cooperative grocery store to buy food directly from local farmers.
  • Noun:

    • The farmers formed a cooperative to sell their milk at a better price.
    • She buys all her vegetables from the food cooperative.
Advanced Usage
  • "in a cooperative manner": Acting with a spirit of teamwork and helpfulness.
    • The two departments resolved the issue in a cooperative manner.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cooperate (verb): To work together toward the same end.
    • The two companies agreed to cooperate on the research.
  • Cooperation (noun): The process of working together.
    • International cooperation is essential to solve climate change.
  • Cooperatively (adverb): In a cooperative way.
    • The children worked cooperatively to build the model.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Collaborative, joint, combined, united, helpful, accommodating.
  • Noun: Collective, co-op, consortium, association.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Uncooperative, competitive, individualistic, antagonistic.
cooperative

The children were cooperative and worked together to build a large sandcastle.

Adjective
  1. willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
  2. done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit
    • a cooperative effort
  3. involving the joint activity of two or more
    • concerted action
    • the conjunct influence of fire and strong wind
    • the conjunctive focus of political opposition
    • a cooperative effort
    • a united effort
    • joint military activities
Noun
  1. an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
  2. a jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners