cooperate
verb
co·op·er·ate
kō-ˈä-pə-ˌrāt 
cooperated; cooperating; cooperates
1
: to act or work with another or others : act together or in compliance
refused to cooperate with the police
2
: to associate with another or others for mutual benefit
nations cooperating to fight terrorism
Examples of cooperate in a Sentence
It will be much easier if everyone cooperates.
Several organizations cooperated in the relief efforts.
The country agreed to cooperate with the other nations on the trade agreement.
The mother asked the child to put on his pajamas, but the child refused to cooperate.
Witnesses were willing to cooperate.
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Grossi said Iran is legally obligated to cooperate with the IAEA under the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
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Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Politically, since its founding in 1981, the NCRI has demonstrated, as the broadest and longest-lasting political coalition in Iranian history, its readiness to cooperate with all political groups and currents committed to democracy, human rights, secularism, and a republican form of governance.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
The trouble is, some of the streamers don’t want to cooperate, and no single platform has universally emerged to unify everyone.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
From the time Iran stopped cooperating with international nuclear inspectors, Foster said the president had sufficient time to seek Congress’s permission to use powerful bombs that only America has to strike Iran.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
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Jon Gambrell, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Politically, since its founding in 1981, the NCRI has demonstrated, as the broadest and longest-lasting political coalition in Iranian history, its readiness to cooperate with all political groups and currents committed to democracy, human rights, secularism, and a republican form of governance.
—Beth Bailey, FOXNews.com, 25 June 2025
The trouble is, some of the streamers don’t want to cooperate, and no single platform has universally emerged to unify everyone.
—Brian Welk, IndieWire, 25 June 2025
From the time Iran stopped cooperating with international nuclear inspectors, Foster said the president had sufficient time to seek Congress’s permission to use powerful bombs that only America has to strike Iran.
—Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
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cooperate
verb
co·op·er·ate
kō-ˈäp-(ə-)ˌrāt
cooperated; cooperating
: to act, work, or associate with others so as to get something done
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