1595-1605; < Late Latincooperātus past participle of cooperārī to work with. See co-, operate
Related forms
cooperator, co-operator, noun
uncooperating, adjective
Synonyms
2. collaborate, join, participate.
Examples from the web for cooperate
One defendant has died, and two have entered guilty pleas and agreed to cooperate with the authorities.
To say that our ancestors lived in a zero sum world is to say that they did not cooperate.
Few of our closest relatives, the great apes, cooperate with each other as extensively as meerkats.
Humans cooperate on all sorts of issues and tasks, but every so often a member of the group fails to pull his weight.
They're known to help individuals in distress, cooperate in rearing children and may even mourn their dead.
Single-celled protozoa had to cooperate to give rise to the first multicellular animals.
However, it's generally illegal to refuse to cooperate with flight attendants' instructions.
Elephants quickly learned to cooperate as a pair on a task that brought them a food reward.
You'll need a lot of friends who can be convinced to cooperate.
The field moves forward by virtue of the fact that people cooperate.
British Dictionary definitions for cooperate
cooperate
/kəʊˈɒpəˌreɪt/
verb (intransitive)
1.
to work or act together
2.
to be of assistance or be willing to assist
3.
(economics) (of firms, workers, consumers, etc) to engage in economic cooperation
Derived Forms
cooperator, co-operator, noun
Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin cooperārī to work with, combine, from Latin operārī to work
Word Origin and History for cooperate
v.
also co-operate, c.1600, from Late Latin cooperatus, past participle of cooperari "to work together with" (see cooperation). Related: Cooperated; cooperating.