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cooperate

(also UK co-operate)
 
 
/kəʊˈɒpəreɪt/ verb [I]

Definition

WORK TOGETHER to work together with someone in order to achieve the same aim: Witnesses are cooperating with detectives. Several countries are cooperating in the relief effort.
HELP to help someone or do what they ask: We can get there early as long as the children will cooperate.
(Definition of cooperate verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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