Meaning of cooperation in English

cooperation

noun [ U ]

(UK also co-operation)

/kəʊˌɒp.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/ us

/koʊˌɑː.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/

the act of working together with someone or doing what they ask you:

This documentary was made with the cooperation of the victims' families.

There's very little cooperation between the two countries.

The company produces computers in cooperation with a German firm.

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Woodrow Wilson hoped the League of Nations would replace power politics with international cooperation.
The agreement would give a new solidity to military cooperation between the two countries.
We acted in a spirit of cooperation.
The conference was seen as an ideal vehicle for increased cooperation between the member states.
I need your cooperation to make this event a success.

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(Definition of cooperation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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cooperation

noun [ U ]

( UK also co-operation)

/kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃən/ us

the process of working with another company, organization, or country in order to achieve something:

economic/international/global cooperation

cooperation with sb/sth Marketing networks have been enhanced through cooperation with Chinese enterprises.

cooperation between sb/sth (and sb/sth) Successful innovation requires cooperation between different departments.

closer/greater/increased cooperation We need to see closer cooperation between industry and government.

in cooperation with Starbucks, in cooperation with Conservation International, sourced its coffee direct from farmers in Mexico.

the fact of being willing to be helpful and to do what someone asks you to do:

They promised full cooperation with the tax authorities.

(Definition of cooperation from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of cooperation

cooperation

It was not an ordinary framework of international cooperation among equal participants, such as those dealing with collective security or global warming.

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It replaces the problem of explaining cooperation with that of explaining punishment of defectors.

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There is now powerful experimental evidence that this tends to promote and maintain cooperation.

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In order for cooperation to be rational, participants must have a certain degree of confidence in each other's competence to complete their assigned tasks.

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Non-verbal cooperation was employed when the group was engaged in playing together and included musical and visual cues.

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It promotes understanding between cultures, creates the relevant platform for international cooperation, and promotes international solidarity.

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When punishment was available, they observed relatively more cooperation in an otherwise inefficient voting environment.

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Acknowledging the prior operation of group selection provides an evolutionarily coherent explanation of the survival of human behavioral predispositions that enable social cooperation.

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Their philosophy is one of cooperation, differentiation and maximising the potential of all members of staff and adults in the school community.

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It has demonstrated that cooperation among states may be achieved and maintained despite the existing legal controversies.

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The authors show that, with a sufficiently high rewiring probability, full cooperation can be reached in all social dilemma games experimented on.

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Empirically, regulatory competition is related to regulatory cooperation in two ways.

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But it also meant that the state increasingly relied on the cooperation of the religious authorities and on the lesson content they supplied.

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Believing in these worlds resolves moral dilemmas that undermine social cooperation.

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Finally, it is rare that greater economic cooperation will bring together two homogeneous economies.

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Collocations with cooperation

cooperation

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active cooperation

Shaming penalties presuppose the active cooperation of private individuals.

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bilateral cooperation

Identifying the project attributes that tend to favor approval can shed light on the forces that drive bilateral cooperation for an institution focused on environmental improvement.

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close cooperation

It operates on the principles of impartiality, objectivity, and close cooperation with the entire healthcare field.

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Translations of cooperation

in Chinese (Traditional)

合作，協作, 配合…

Meaning of cooperation in English

cooperation | Business English

Examples of cooperation

Collocations with cooperation

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