Meaning

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

    zusammenarbeiten, kooperieren

    сотру́дничатьsotrúdničatʹ, коопери́роватьkooperírovatʹ

    співпрацюва́тиspivpracjuváty

    work together on a common enterprise or project

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

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

    harmonieren, zusammenspielen

  4. (intransitive)To engage in economic cooperation.

  5. (jargon, transitive)To obtain the cooperation of (a potential witness); to turn (someone) into a cooperating witness.

Examples

198 sentences
  1. We have to cooperate.

    Ми повинні співпрацювати.

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  2. Aren't you going to cooperate?

    Хіба ти не збираєшся співпрацювати?

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  3. We will be happy to cooperate.

    ruМы будем рады сотрудничать.

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  4. What made Tom decide to cooperate?

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  5. Tom told us that he'd cooperate.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to work together:
Русский
By meaning 1
to work together:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to work together:
function in harmony, side by side:

Origin

Originated 1595–1605 from Late Latin cooperātus, perfect passive participle of cooperor (“

Originated 1595–1605 from Late Latin cooperātus, perfect passive participle of cooperor (“to work with”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) for more. Equivalent to co- + operate. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.

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Forms

cooperates, cooperating, cooperated, cooperated
Base formcooperate · to cooperate
3rd person singularcooperates
Present participlecooperating
Past simplecooperated
Past participlecooperated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycooperate
he, she, itcooperates

Past simpleLesson

all personscooperated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave cooperated
he, she, ithas cooperated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cooperate

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • happy to cooperate
  • willing to cooperate
  • decided to cooperate
  • to cooperate with

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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