COOPERATES Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

cooperates

verb

present tense third-person singular of cooperate

as in collaborates

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end conservation groups cooperated with state authorities to find a humane way to manage the area's overpopulation of deer

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as in unites

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members several industrialized nations cooperated in a trade agreement to reduce or eliminate tariffs

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Recent Examples of cooperates Cycling is another option when the coastal weather cooperates. — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026 If the horizon is clear and the weather cooperates, these are the evenings to circle on your skywatching calendar. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026 There were 223 seats at the Lee’s Summit restaurant, not all of them in use, like the 24 in the open-air patio or at the two bars — one that expands into a third outdoor patio for when the weather cooperates. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 If the weather cooperates, the possibilities are endless — hiking, surfing, sunbathing, strolling, gazing at the stars in the sky. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 31 July 2026 So if the market cooperates more often than not, why do half of American savers expect to fall short of their retirement goals? — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026 Rethink old assumptions and embrace new possibilities when Uranus cooperates with Pluto. — Usa Today, USA Today, 18 July 2026 Every backyard astronomer should be able to see it without any special equipment (if the weather cooperates). — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 July 2026 As a matter of practice, the district cooperates fully with any review conducted by the Office for Civil Rights. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 19 June 2026

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Chanel’s commission at Dib Bangkok is part of a larger initiative at the French brand, which collaborates with over 50 cultural institutions across 15 countries.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026
Yoga instruction is available year-round, and the resort also collaborates with yoga gurus specializing in yin yoga, immersive sound healing, and yoga nidra from October to April.

— Jasreen Mayal Khanna, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of collaborates

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The Stoa conference joins a rich landscape of similar convenings, like Talking Galleries, which looks at the art market, and the Aspen Ideas Festival, which unites people from business, tech, media, public policy, and more.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Each year, Visit Sacramento’s Tower Bridge Dinner unites dozens of local chefs to showcase the area’s culinary talents before an exclusive crowd of a few hundred diners.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of unites

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It will be won by organizations that consolidate and orchestrate with a vendor-neutral control plane that federates data, reasons across domains, governs agents as first-class citizens and connects to whatever the ecosystem looks like next quarter.

— Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The exec brought up how Arte federates a network of 14 public broadcasters, has programs available in seven languages, and maintains strong ties with the creative ecosystem across Europe.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026