cooperate
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Britannica Dictionary definition of COOPERATE
[no object]
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to work together
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to work with another person or group to do something
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It will be much easier if everyone cooperates.
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Several organizations cooperated in the relief efforts.
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The country agreed to cooperate with the other nations on the trade agreement.
2
a
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to be helpful by doing what someone asks or tells you to do
— often + with
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The mother asked the child to put on his pajamas, but the child refused to cooperate.
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Witnesses were willing/unwilling to cooperate.
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They said they would cooperate fully with the investigation.
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He agreed/refused to cooperate with the police.
b
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to act in a way that makes something possible or likely
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to produce the right conditions for something to happen
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We can barbecue on Sunday if the weather cooperates. [=if the weather is good enough]
