cooperation
/kəʊˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
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British/kəˌwɔpəˈɹɛjʃ(ə)n/
cooperation noun: the act of cooperating.
Noun
cooperation (countable and uncountable, plural cooperations)
- The act of cooperating.
- Synonyms:
- compliance
- Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
- South Korea is seeking cooperation from China to produce artificial rain to help fight increasing pollution.2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
- Synonyms:
- partnership
cooperation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
cooperation in Hindi
- act of cooperating or being cooperative
- सहयोग sahyog, सहकार sahkār
cooperation in Tamil
- act of cooperating or being cooperative
- ஒத்துழைப்பு ottuḻaippu, ஒத்துழைக்கை ottuḻaikkai
- active help from a person, organization, et cetera
- ஒத்துழைப்பு ottuḻaippu, ஒத்துழைக்கை ottuḻaikkai
- association for mutual benefit
- கூட்டுறவு kūṭṭuṟavu
cooperation in Urdu
- act of cooperating or being cooperative
- تَعاوُن ta'āvun, ہَم کاری ham kārī
cooperation in Bengali
- act of cooperating or being cooperative
- সহযোগিতা śohjōgita
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- cooperation in Telugu
- సహకారం sahakāraṁ
- cooperation in Malayalam
- സഹകരണം sahakaraṇaṁ
- cooperation in Kannada
- ಸಹಕಾರ
- cooperation in Gujarati
- સહકાર
- cooperation in Nepali
- सहयोग sahayog
- cooperation in Pashto
- همکاري hamkārí, تعاون ta'āwón
- cooperation in Tagalog
- pakikitulong, tulungan
- cooperation in Arabic
- تَعَاوُن taʕāwun
- cooperation in Malay
- kerjasama
- cooperation in Indonesian
- kerja sama, koperasi
- cooperation in Thai
- ความร่วมมือ kwaam-rûuam-mʉʉ
- cooperation in Vietnamese
- sự hợp tác, hợp tác
Examples of cooperation in a sentence
- The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities.
- The word cooperation is unhyphenated, though some also spell it as co-operation.
- The cooperation flourished as the customers rushed in the business.
Synonyms of cooperation
Antonyms
Forms of cooperation
| plural | cooperations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | co-operation |
| alternative form | coöperation |
Origin of cooperation
First attested in 1620–1630. Borrowed from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooperātiō. By surface analysis, co- + operation or cooperate + -ion.
Words formed from cooperation
Words that rhyme with cooperation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
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- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about cooperation
- What does cooperation mean?
- Cooperation means the act of cooperating.
- What is cooperation in Hindi?
- Cooperation in Hindi is सहयोग (sahyog), सहकार (sahkār). See Cooperation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is cooperation?
- Cooperation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cooperation?
- Cooperation is pronounced /kəʊˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cooperation?
- The plural of cooperation is cooperations.
Words near cooperation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cooperation (page history and authors); cooperation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); cooperation (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); सहयोग (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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