working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
demonstrating a willingness to cooperate: The librarian was cooperative in helping us find the book.
pertaining to economic cooperation: a cooperative business.
involving or denoting an educational program comprising both classroom study and on-the-job or technical training, especially in colleges and universities.
noun
a jointly owned enterprise engaging in the production or distribution of goods or the supplying of services, operated by its members for their mutual benefit, typically organized by consumers or farmers.
Also called co-op, cooperative apartment.
a building owned and managed by a corporation in which shares are sold, entitling the shareholders to occupy individual units in the building.
an apartment in such a building.Compare condominium (defs. 1, 2).
Origin of cooperative
From the Late Latin word cooperātīvus, dating back to 1595–1605. See cooperate, -ive
The cooperative joins the ranks of brand holding companies like Procter & Gamble and Anheuser-Busch that have added incubators or venture arms to create new brands to compete with direct-to-consumer startups.
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Still she’s working on forming burn cooperatives and designing burner certificate programs to bring healthy fire practices back into communities.
They Know How to Prevent Megafires. Why Won’t Anybody Listen?|by Elizabeth Weil|August 28, 2020|ProPublica
The participants then played a cooperative game within their groups.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic?|Sujata Gupta|August 14, 2020|Science News
Participants who chanted as a group at the same time were more cooperative when playing a game after the chanting than those who chanted words sequentially.
Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic?|Sujata Gupta|August 14, 2020|Science News
Magnum came into being as a cooperative only two years after the conclusion of World War II.
A History of Paris in 150 Photographs|Sarah Moroz|December 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The agency was not only cooperative, but “welcoming” of the research.
Why Did America’s Only Pot Researcher Suddenly Get Fired?|Abby Haglage|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Take this lack of cooperative instinct and add a competitive situation, and Benenson says you get a real conundrum.
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When we need a strong, cooperative tone to the relationship, our current posture is seen as uncaring.
Let's Get Real: Washington Can't Walk Away From Cairo|Frank G. Wisner|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He knows to stand absolutely still, keep his hands where the cops can see them, be cooperative, polite.
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In the business world, the Norwegians have influenced the rapid growth of the cooperative movement.
North Dakota|Various
Their main object is to preserve the interests and further the opportunity of the cooperative majority.
The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense
And lastly, glowingly outlined, came his plans for meeting the opposition by a cooperative organization of one hundred per cent.
El Diablo|Brayton Norton
They had been cooperative, and I wanted to see what the situation was, and especially when this boy was coming home.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The cooperative society failed and every cent of the four thousand dollars of the cooperators was lost.
Consumers' Cooperative Societies in New York State|The Consumers' League of New York
British Dictionary definitions for cooperative
cooperative
co-operative
/ (kəʊˈɒpərətɪv, -ˈɒprə-) /
adjective
willing to cooperate; helpful
acting in conjunction with others; cooperating
(of an enterprise, farm, etc) owned collectively and managed for joint economic benefit
(of an economy or economic activity) based on collective ownership and cooperative use of the means of production and distribution
noun
a cooperative organization
Also called: cooperative apartmentUSa block of flats belonging to a corporation in which shares are owned in proportion to the relative value of the flat occupiedSometimes shortened to: coop Compare condominium (def. 3)