I. co ‧ op ‧ e ‧ ra ‧ tive 1 AC BrE AmE ( also co-operative British English ) /kəʊˈɒp ə rətɪv $ koʊˈɑːp-/ adjective
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ operation , ↑ cooperation , ↑ operative , ↑ cooperative , ↑ operator ; adjective : ↑ operational , ↑ operative , ↑ cooperative ≠ ↑ uncooperative ; verb : ↑ operate , ↑ cooperate ; adverb : ↑ operationally , ↑ cooperatively ]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ cooperation , ↑ cooperative ; verb : ↑ cooperate ; adverb : ↑ cooperatively ≠ UNCOOPERATIVELY ; adjective : ↑ cooperative ≠ ↑ uncooperative ]
1 . willing to cooperate SYN helpful OPP uncooperative :
He was doing his best to be cooperative.
a cooperative witness
2 . made, done, or operated by people working together:
a co-operative venture between the City Council and the police
3 . a cooperative store, bank etc is operated by people working together as a cooperative:
a co-operative store in a provincial town
—cooperatively adverb
II. cooperative 2 BrE AmE ( also co-operative British English ) noun [countable]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ operation , ↑ cooperation , ↑ operative , ↑ cooperative , ↑ operator ; adjective : ↑ operational , ↑ operative , ↑ cooperative ≠ ↑ uncooperative ; verb : ↑ operate , ↑ cooperate ; adverb : ↑ operationally , ↑ cooperatively ]
[ Word Family: noun : ↑ cooperation , ↑ cooperative ; verb : ↑ cooperate ; adverb : ↑ cooperatively ≠ UNCOOPERATIVELY ; adjective : ↑ cooperative ≠ ↑ uncooperative ]
a business or organization owned equally by all the people working there SYN co-op :
a women-only housing co-operative
a workers’ co-operative