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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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verb |
| inflections: |
cooperates, cooperating, cooperated |
| definition: |
to work with others.
The two writers cooperated on the history book.- synonyms:
- chip in, collaborate, pitch in, team up, unite
- similar words:
- conspire, contribute, coordinate, join in, pull one's weight
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band, organize, participate, share, side, team |
adverb + (v.)cooperate
actively, reportedly, voluntarily
(v.)cooperate
+ adverb
closely, fully, militarily
(v.)cooperate
+ noun
authority, counsel, enforcement, extent, government, inquiry, inspection, inspector, investigation, investigator, mentor, police, probe, regulator, rival, teacher, witness
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The word cooperate
contains the following parts:
co-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix co-
is a reduced form of com- often used before roots beginning with vowels, such as "ax" and "ev." It is also used with existing English words to indicate a role of fellowship (coworker) or that something is done together (cowrite) See com-.
Example words:
oper
Latin
root
that means to work
Example words:
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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