cooperate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb work together on a common enterprise of project
    collaborate; join forces; get together.
    • The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well
    • We joined forces with another research group

WordNet

Co*öp"er*ate intransitive verb (Also<
  • Cooperate
  • Coöperate
)
Etymology
L. coöperatus, p.p. of coöperari to coöperate; co + operari to work, opus work. See Operate.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Coöperated; present participle & verbal noun Coöperating
Definitions
  1. To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.
    Whate'er coöperates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

Webster 1913