Co-op
//ˈkoʊˌɒp// noun, verb, slang
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A unit of a housing cooperative; a purchased apartment where the apartment owners collectively are responsible for maintenance of common areas and upkeep.
"Whereas condo residents own their apartment outright, co-op residents are shareholders in a company that owns their building and have a right to live in their apartment. As such, co-op owners have control over who they allow in."
- 2 Any of very many shops belonging to the Co-operative Group and its predecessors British, informal
- 3 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 wordnet
- 4 Any cooperative, including housing, retail, utility, agricultural, banking or worker cooperatives.
"Once or twice a week, Chris Wotton, an unemployed farm labourer who ran the coop, and some of the estate's older children, borrowed a van from Centerprise […]"
- 5 Any shop owned by a cooperative.
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- 6 A cooperative game, as opposed to a competitive game or deathmatch.
Verb
- 1 Synonym of cooperate.
"It would also afford her the opportunity to see where he was co-oping."
- 2 To play a game in a cooperative style. ambitransitive
"Oh, you have this game too? We should co-op some time."
Example
More examples"This game supports co-op multiplayer."
Etymology
From cooperative, by shortening.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.