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cooperative

13 definitions • 19 examples
1
willing to help or do what people ask:

Examples:

I asked them to turn down their music, but they're not being very cooperative.
He was an extremely co-operative witness.
2
done or owned together with other people:

Examples:

Purchase of the ranch was a cooperative effort between many groups and agencies.
The work is the result of a co-operative venture of approximately 80 physicists from around the world.
The cooperative business brings together 500 wine producers in the region.
3
(of a house, a building, etc.) owned by a cooperative (= an organization that owns and manages houses that its members live in):

Examples:

cooperative housing We need more co-operative housing.
a cooperative apartment
4
involving a group of people playing a game together to try to achieve the same thing, rather than trying to beat each other:

Examples:

cooperative play These levels can be played solo or with a friend in cooperative play.
5
an organization, business, shop, farm, or group of farms that is owned and managed by a group of people who also work in it:

Examples:

The magazine is run as a cooperative.
We are a 100% worker-owned co-operative selling 100% Fair Trade certified coffee, tea, chocolate, and snacks.
6
an organization that owns and manages houses that its members live in, or the group of houses that it owns:

Examples:

Like many apartment buildings in New York City, the building is run by a cooperative.
housing cooperative They live in a housing co-operative for senior citizens.
7
a house or flat that is owned by a cooperative (= an organization that owns and manages houses that its members live in):

Examples:

Many apartments on the Upper East Side were being turned into cooperatives.
8
a company owned and managed by the people who work in it:

Examples:

a farmers’ cooperative
9
A cooperative is also an apartment building in which ownership is shared by all the people living in it.
10
formed and managed by the people who work in it, or made up of several similar companies or organizations working together:

Examples:

farm cooperative organizations
a cooperative day care center
11
showing a willingness to act or work together for a shared purpose:

Examples:

It was a cooperative effort.
12
an organization or company that is owned and controlled by a group of members who each have a share in it, for example its employees or customers:

Examples:

a farmers' cooperative
13
a cooperative organization or company is owned and controlled by a group of members who each have a share in it, for example its employees or customers:

Examples:

cooperative businesses/ventures

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