cooperation

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English

Alternative forms

• co-operation
• coöperation

Etymology

First attested in 1620–1630. Borrowed from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooperātiō. By surface analysis, co- +‎ operation.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəʊˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, [kɵwäpʰəˈɹe̞jʃɪn]
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

cooperation (countable and uncountable, plural cooperations)

1. (usually uncountable) The act of cooperating.
2. Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
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3. Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

Antonyms

• competition

Derived terms

Related terms

• cooperative

Translations

References

• cooperation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “cooperation”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “cooperation”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "cooperation" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

French

Noun

cooperation f (plural cooperations)

1. Obsolete form of coopération.

Middle French

Noun

cooperation f (plural cooperations)

1. cooperation

References

• Etymology and history of “coopération”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.