cooperative

Everyday

1. If you are cooperative, you are willing to help and work together with others and do what is asked. tree →
2. Cooperative work or play is done by people working together for the same goal. tree →
3. (noun) A cooperative is a business or farm owned and run by the people who work in it or use it, who share the profits. tree →

In the lessons

At school, cooperative learning means working in groups and helping each other; a cooperative game is one where everyone wins or loses together. In everyday life, a «co-op» can be a shop owned by its members, such as the Co-op in the UK. In stories, a cooperative character is helpful and easy to work with, while an uncooperative one is stubborn. Common phrases: «be cooperative», «cooperative game», «cooperative learning», «farmers' cooperative», «the Co-op».

Examples

• The children were very cooperative and tidied up quickly. tree →
• We played a cooperative board game where we all had to stop the flood together. tree →
• The dentist said I was a cooperative patient. tree →
• The farmers formed a cooperative to sell their milk. tree →
• Nan buys her groceries at the Co-op. tree →
• The cat was not very cooperative when we tried to bath it. tree →
• A cooperative group shares the work fairly. tree →
• The police thanked the witness for being so cooperative. tree →

Note

Also spelled «co-operative» (UK) and shortened to «co-op». The opposite is «uncooperative». The verb is «cooperate» and the noun for the action is «cooperation». Say co-OP-er-a-tive. A cooperative (noun) is countable: a cooperative, two cooperatives.