cooperative
See also: coopérative, coöperative, co-operative, and co-öperative
English
Alternative forms
- co-operative, coöperative, co-öperative
Adjective
cooperative (comparative more cooperative, superlative most cooperative)
- Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
- 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
- Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).
- The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment.
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- Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
- a cooperative game
- a cooperative business enterprise
- Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
Antonyms
- adversarial
- competitive
Related terms
- cooperation
- cooperatively
Translations
ready to work with another
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involving cooperation
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relating to a cooperative
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Noun
cooperative (plural cooperatives)
- A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
Translations
type of company
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Derived terms
terms derived from noun or adjective
- co-op
- cooperative federalism
- cooperative game
- cooperative principle
- platform cooperative
Further reading
cooperative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Adjective
cooperative
- feminine plural of cooperativo
Noun
cooperative f
- plural of cooperativa
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ko.o.pe.raːˈtiː.u̯e/, [koɔpɛräːˈt̪iːu̯ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ko.o.pe.raˈti.ve/, [koːperäˈt̪iːve]
Adjective
cooperātīve
- vocative masculine singular of cooperātīvus