How do you pronounce cooperative?

The recorded pronunciation is /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/.

cooperative

/kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.86 in modern English

Syllables: co-op-er-a-tive
IPA: /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/

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Meaning

adj

Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

adj

Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.

adj

Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.

noun

A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.

Example Sentences

"The patient was rarely cooperative, and tended to refuse treatment."
"Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011)."
"a cooperative game"
"a cooperative business enterprise"
"The head of an agricultural producers’ cooperative in Chien-shih county of Hupei Province lectured his peasant wife: “To gain emancipation, women must do production work just like men.”"
"Among wholesalers, voluntary and cooperatives carry a far wider range and number of items in private brands than do unaffiliateds."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English operative English cooperative From co- + operative.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/

Inflected Forms

more cooperative (comparative) most cooperative (superlative) co-operative (alternative) coöperative (alternative) co-öperative (alternative) cooperatives (plural)

Derived Forms

anticooperative cooperativeness cooperativism cooperativist cooperativity cooperativize noncooperative protocooperative uncooperative

Phrases

Co-operative Republic of Guyana co-op cooperative federalism cooperative game cooperative principle platform cooperative

Frequently Paired Words

cooperation cooperatively

Synonyms

accommodative concerted conjunct conjunctive united co-op

Antonyms

adversarial competitive