cooperative
UK/kәu'ɔpәrәtiv/US
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Definitions
adj.
Willing to work with others or do what is asked; helpful.
合作的，乐于配合的。
n.
A business or farm owned and run jointly by its members.
合作社（成员共有共营的企业或农场）。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedco- (together) + oper (work) + -ative (tending to) = 'tending to work together.' As an adjective it describes someone helpful and willing; as a noun it names an organization jointly owned by the people who work in it.
Root oper still carries 16 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.cooperative effort合作努力
- 2.agricultural cooperative农业合作社
- 3.housing cooperative住房合作社
- 4.highly cooperative非常配合
Example Sentences
- 1.
The children were unusually cooperative today.
- 2.
Local farmers formed a cooperative to sell their crops.