Cooperative
//kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv// adj, noun
adj, noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.
"The head of an agricultural producers’ cooperative in Chien-shih county of Hupei Province lectured his peasant wife: “To gain emancipation, women must do production work just like men.”"
- 2 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
- 3 an association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it wordnet
Adjective
- 1 Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.
"The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment."
- 2 Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.
"a cooperative game"
- 3 Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.
Adjective
- 1 willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement wordnet
- 2 done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit wordnet
- 3 involving the joint activity of two or more wordnet
Example
More examples"It's not only the health aspects of sports that appeal to people, but the cooperative aspect that team sports teach, and the competitive aspect in itself."
Etymology
From co- + operative.
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