# cooperation

Pronunciation: US say "koh-ah-puh-RAY-shuhn" /koʊˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/; UK say "koh-op-uh-RAY-shuhn" /kəʊˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/

## Noun

1. The act of working together with others for a common purpose.
   - Simple: Working together with other people to get something done.
   - _Close cooperation between the two agencies helped contain the outbreak within weeks._
   - _The board game rewards cooperation over competition, so players do best when they share their cards._
2. Active help given by a person, organization or other party, such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
   - Simple: Active help from a person or group, such as sharing space or supplies in an organized way.
   - _The city is seeking cooperation from local businesses to share loading zones during the construction._
   - _Without the hospital's full cooperation, the investigators could not review the patient records._
3. The joining of people or groups in an association for mutual benefit, for example to produce or buy goods together.
   - Simple: People joining together in a group so that everyone gains, for example by making or buying things together.
   - _Farmers in the valley turned to cooperation, pooling their savings to buy seed and machinery in bulk._
   - _Consumer cooperation lets members buy groceries at cost from a store they jointly own._

## Origin

First attested in 1620–1630, borrowed from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooperātiō. It can be analysed as co- + operation, or as cooperate + -ion.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/cooperation (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).