cooperation
//kəʊˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən//
Forms
- Plural
- cooperations
Definitions
1.The act of cooperating.
- Please don't write on the book. Thank you for your cooperation.
2.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.
3.Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
- Please don't write on the book. Thank you for your cooperation.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3255
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
First attested in 1620–1630.
Borrowed from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooperātiō.
By surface analysis, co- + operation or cooperate + -ion.