cooperateverb [ I ]
UK also co-operate uk/kəʊˈɒp.ər.eɪt/us/koʊˈɑː.pə.reɪt/B2 to act or work together for a particular purpose, or to be helpful by doing what someone asks you to do:
A two-year old is likely to refuse to cooperate when you tell her to get dressed.
The two companies have cooperated in joint ventures for the past several years.
The Spanish authorities cooperated with the British police in finding the terrorists.
More examples
- Governments must cooperate if they are to combat international terrorism.
- Their refusal to cooperate is perfectly understandable, considering the circumstances.
- Local residents refused to cooperate with the police.
- If you all cooperate, we can have this place tidy in no time.
- Jill refused to cooperate with the enquiry.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Helping and co-operating
- a good/bad turn idiom
- abet
- aid
- assist
- assistance
- avail
- bridge
- give sb a leg up idiom
- give/lend sb a helping hand idiom
- go a long way toward(s) doing sth idiom
- hang
- hang together
- platform
- reach
- run errands idiom
- scene
- see sb through sth
- share a platform idiom
- start sb off
- succour
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