cooperate
verb
co·op·er·ate
kō-ˈä-pə-ˌrāt 
cooperated; cooperating; cooperates
1
: to act or work with another or others : act together or in compliance
refused to cooperate with the police
2
: to associate with another or others for mutual benefit
nations cooperating to fight terrorism
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Examples of cooperate in a Sentence
It will be much easier if everyone cooperates.
Several organizations cooperated in the relief efforts.
The country agreed to cooperate with the other nations on the trade agreement.
The mother asked the child to put on his pajamas, but the child refused to cooperate.
Witnesses were willing to cooperate.
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Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said Mangione was initially cooperative and then stopped cooperating with investigators.
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Alex Sundby, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
China has confirmed its willingness to cooperate with the United States on implementing President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation policy.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Two men aided Penny – Eric Gonzalez, 39, a room manager at a casino, who had been waiting on the platform when the train pulled into the station, and a man from Germany, who was on the train and refused to cooperate with either side or return to the U.S. to testify.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
The health insurance company is fully cooperating with law enforcement as the search for the shooter continues, the email said.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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Alex Sundby, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2024
China has confirmed its willingness to cooperate with the United States on implementing President-elect Donald Trump's mass deportation policy.
—Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Two men aided Penny – Eric Gonzalez, 39, a room manager at a casino, who had been waiting on the platform when the train pulled into the station, and a man from Germany, who was on the train and refused to cooperate with either side or return to the U.S. to testify.
—Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
The health insurance company is fully cooperating with law enforcement as the search for the shooter continues, the email said.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn and Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Cooperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooperate. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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cooperate
verb
co·op·er·ate
kō-ˈäp-(ə-)ˌrāt
cooperated; cooperating
: to act, work, or associate with others so as to get something done
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