Definition of cooperative
1a : marked by cooperation cooperative effortsb : marked by a willingness and ability to work with others cooperative neighbors
2 : of, relating to, or organized as a cooperative a cooperative store
3 : relating to or comprising a program of combined liberal arts and technical studies at different schools
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Examples of cooperative in a Sentence
The witness was very cooperative.
a cooperative space project undertaken by Russia and the U.S.
Recent Examples of cooperative from the Web
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The Edgewood Small Area Study is an implementation of APG's Joint Land Use Study, or JLUS, which advances the partnership between the community and the installation through resource planning and cooperative land use, the county announcement states.
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The victim was not cooperative with investigators, saying only that he had been shot and beaten, the incident report said.
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Part of the vision involves placing the governance and financing of air traffic control under a nonprofit, nongovernmental cooperative.
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Six-month-old cooperative Clifton Market is urging its owners to shop more at the store to help boost its sales and capital.
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But there are signs that this adversarial relationship is starting to give way to a more cooperative dynamic.
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Situated on a bluff with the Alaska Range and Denali visible to the west and the Talkeetna Mountains to the east, K'esugi Ken is part of a long-term cooperative effort between the borough, the Alaska State Parks system and the National Park Service.
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Police and federal officials note, however, that efforts to curb gun violence in Chicago have been cooperative — and are ongoing.
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In 1972, a partnership was struck for the cooperative institute, which along with 13 other such agreements around the country provide the basic research for NOAA missions.
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Origin and Etymology of cooperative
see cooperate
cooperative
Definition of cooperative
: an enterprise or organization owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services
Recent Examples of cooperative from the Web
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Growers would be allowed to form agricultural cooperatives without running afoul of antitrust laws.
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Not much more than a decade ago, most of the grapes in the Languedoc—carignane, grenache, grenache blanc—were grown to feed a huge table-wine cooperative.
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The cooperative and Minnesota Power will each receive about 250 megawatts of power from the Nemadji Trail Energy Center.
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The milk marketing cooperative and dairy foods processor, formed in 1998, is the area’s largest private employer based on its 2015 revenue of $18 billion.
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All those things sound nice, but to skeptics of the proposal, converting the air-traffic control system into a not-for-profit cooperative isn’t necessary to achieve them.
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The president's initiative would basically convert the air traffic control system, run by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), into a not-for-profit cooperative.
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The resulting study was shared in Toronto at an advertising event sponsored by Numeris, Canada's broadcast ratings cooperative.
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Fishermen in the communities if San Felipe and Golfo de Santa Clara are hoping that the compensation payments can be extended through the end of the year, said Ramón Franco Díaz, who heads a federation of fishing cooperatives.
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Origin and Etymology of cooperative
see cooperate
Other Business Terms
COOPERATIVE Defined for English Language Learners
cooperative
playDefinition of cooperative for English Language Learners
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: willing to be helpful by doing what someone wants or asks for
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: involving two or more people or groups working together to do something
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: relating to a business or organization that is owned and operated by the people who work there or the people who use its services
cooperative
Definition of cooperative for English Language Learners
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: a business or organization that is owned and operated by the people who work there or the people who use its services
COOPERATIVE Defined for Kids
Definition of cooperative for Students
1 : willing to work with others
2 : relating to an organization owned by and operated by the people who work there or use its services a cooperative store
Definition of cooperative for Students
: an organization owned and operated by the people who work there or use its services
Law Dictionary
cooperative
Legal Definition of cooperative
: of, relating to, or organized as a cooperative
cooperative
Legal Definition of cooperative
: an enterprise or organization (as for banking and credit services or the ownership of residential property) that is owned by and operated for the benefit of those using its services —called also co-op — compare condominium 1
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