cooperatives
Saykoh-OP-er-uh-tivzUS/koʊˈɑpəɹətɪvz/UK/kəʊˈɒpəɹətɪvz/
- 1Plural of cooperative. Use this form when talking about more than one.
Several farming cooperatives shared the new harvesting machines.
Many cooperatives let their members vote on big decisions.
Note
cooperatives is a form of cooperative
cooperative, noun: A business that is owned and run by the people who work in it, buy from it, or live in it. Full entry
- Forms
- cooperativecooperatives plural
- Spelling
- cooperative → cooperatives: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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