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Cooperation
Co-öpˊer-a′tion
,Noun.
[L.
cooperatio
: cf. F. coopération
.] 1.
The act of cooperating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.
Not holpen by the
cooperation
of angels. Bacon.
2.
(Polit. Econ.)
The association of a number of persons for their benefit.
Definition 2024
cooperation
cooperation
English
Alternative forms
Noun
cooperation (countable and uncountable, plural cooperations)
- (usually uncountable) The act of cooperating.
- Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
- Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
Antonyms
Related terms
Translations
act of cooperating or being cooperative
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active help from a person, organization, et cetera
association for mutual benefit
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References
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cooperation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “cooperation” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
- “cooperation” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
- "cooperation" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
Middle French
Noun
cooperation f (plural cooperations)
- cooperation
- 1488, La Mer des Histoires
- Dieu au commencement avoit fait l'omme, c'est assavoir Adam sans cooperation de homme et de femme
- At the beginning, God had made man, that is to say Adam without the cooperation between man and woman
- Dieu au commencement avoit fait l'omme, c'est assavoir Adam sans cooperation de homme et de femme
- 1488, La Mer des Histoires
References
- “coopération” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).