cooperative
A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenantsA type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
» Tom wasn't cooperative.
Том не був дуже зговірливий. — deniko
Том не захотів піти назустріч. — deniko
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1 sensesA type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
Genossenschaft, Kooperative
кооперати́вkooperatív, това́риществоtováriščestvo
- 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
- an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
Examples
241 sentencesTom wasn't cooperative.
Том не був дуже зговірливий. — deniko
Tom is much more cooperative now.
Thank you for being so cooperative.
I probably should've been more cooperative.
Tom isn't likely to be cooperative.
Translations
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Forms
plural: cooperativesSynonyms
1 synonyms- 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:co-op
Word family
13 related wordsCollocations
10 patterns- would be cooperative
- will be cooperative
- to be cooperative
- be more cooperative
- as cooperative as
- more cooperative
- been very cooperative
- wasn't as cooperative
- be cooperative but
- cooperative but
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.