Meanings
nouncooperation (countable and uncountable, plural cooperations)
plural cooperations · alternative co-operation · alternative coöperation
- countableuncountableActive help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
South Korea is seeking cooperation from China to produce artificial rain to help fight increasing pollution.
2019, VOA Learning English (public domain) - countableuncountableAssociation for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
Synonyms: partnership
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act of cooperating.
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nounAssociation for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.
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Origin
- Late Latincooperātiō
- Frenchcooperation
- Englishcooperation
First attested in 1620–1630. Borrowed from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooperātiō. By surface analysis, co- + operation or cooperate + -ion.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans samewerking, koöperasie
- samewerkingact of cooperating or being cooperative
- koöperasieassociation for mutual benefit
Ancient Greek συνεργία
- συνεργία (sunergía)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Arabic تَعَاوُن
- تَعَاوُن (taʕāwun)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Basque elkarlan
- elkarlanact of cooperating or being cooperative
Bengali সহযোগিতা
- সহযোগিতা (śohjōgita)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Bulgarian сътру́дничество, коопера́ция
- сътру́дничество (sătrúdničestvo)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- коопера́ция (kooperácija)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- сътру́дничество (sătrúdničestvo)active help from a person, organization, et cetera
- коопера́ция (kooperácija)association for mutual benefit
Catalan cooperació
- cooperacióact of cooperating or being cooperative
Chinese Cantonese 合作
- 合作 (hap⁶ zok³)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Chinese Mandarin 合作, 協作 /协作
- 合作 (hézuò)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- 協作 /协作 (xiézuò)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- 配合 (pèihé)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Czech spolupráce
- spolupráceact of cooperating or being cooperative
Danish samarbejde, kooperation
- samarbejdeact of cooperating or being cooperative
- kooperationassociation for mutual benefit
Dutch samenwerking, coöperatie
- samenwerkingact of cooperating or being cooperative
- coöperatieactive help from a person, organization, et cetera
- samenwerkingsverbandassociation for mutual benefit
- coöperatieassociation for mutual benefit
Esperanto kooperado
- kooperadoact of cooperating or being cooperative
Estonian koostöö
- koostööact of cooperating or being cooperative
Finnish yhteistyö, yhteistoiminta
- yhteistyöact of cooperating or being cooperative
- yhteistoimintaact of cooperating or being cooperative
- apuactive help from a person, organization, et cetera
- tukiactive help from a person, organization, et cetera
- osuustoimintaassociation for mutual benefit
French coopération, coopérative
- coopérationact of cooperating or being cooperative
- coopérativeassociation for mutual benefit
German Zusammenarbeit, Kooperation
- Zusammenarbeitact of cooperating or being cooperative
- Kooperationact of cooperating or being cooperative
- Mitarbeitact of cooperating or being cooperative
Greek συνεργασία, συνεταιρισμός
- συνεργασία (synergasía)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- συνεταιρισμός (synetairismós)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Hebrew שיתוף פעולה, שִׁתּוּף
- שיתוף פעולה (shitúf p'ulá)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- שִׁתּוּף (shitúf)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- שיתוף פעולה (shitúf p'ulá)association for mutual benefit
Hindi सहयोग, सहकार
- सहयोग (sahyog)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- सहकार (sahkār)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Hungarian együttműködés, kooperáció
- együttműködésact of cooperating or being cooperative
- kooperációact of cooperating or being cooperative
- segítségactive help from a person, organization, et cetera
- segítségnyújtásactive help from a person, organization, et cetera
- segítőkészségactive help from a person, organization, et cetera
Icelandic samvinna, samstarf
- samvinnaact of cooperating or being cooperative
- samstarfact of cooperating or being cooperative
Indonesian kerja sama, koperasi
- kerja samaact of cooperating or being cooperative
- koperasiassociation for mutual benefit
Italian cooperazione
- cooperazioneact of cooperating or being cooperative
Japanese 協力, 協調
- 協力 (kyōryoku)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- 協調 (kyōchō)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- 合作 (gassaku)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Korean 협력, 협조
- 협력 (hyeomnyeok)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- 협조 (hyeopjo)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- 합작 (hapjak)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Latvian sadarbība, kooperācija
- sadarbībaact of cooperating or being cooperative
- kooperācijaact of cooperating or being cooperative
Lithuanian kooperacija
- kooperacijaact of cooperating or being cooperative
Malay kerjasama
- kerjasamaact of cooperating or being cooperative
Norwegian Bokmål samarbeid, samhandling
- samarbeidact of cooperating or being cooperative
- samhandlingact of cooperating or being cooperative
Polish współpraca, kooperacja
- współpracaact of cooperating or being cooperative
- kooperacjaact of cooperating or being cooperative
- kooperacjaactive help from a person, organization, et cetera
Portuguese cooperação
- cooperaçãoact of cooperating or being cooperative
Romanian cooperare, conlucrare
- cooperareact of cooperating or being cooperative
- conlucrareact of cooperating or being cooperative
- cooperațieact of cooperating or being cooperative
- cooperațieassociation for mutual benefit
- cooperativăassociation for mutual benefit
Russian сотру́дничество, коопера́ция
- сотру́дничество (sotrúdničestvo)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- коопера́ция (kooperácija)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Slovak spolupráca
- spoluprácaact of cooperating or being cooperative
Spanish cooperación
- cooperaciónact of cooperating or being cooperative
Swedish samarbete, samverkan
- samarbeteact of cooperating or being cooperative
- samverkanact of cooperating or being cooperative
- kooperationact of cooperating or being cooperative
Tagalog pakikitulong, tulungan
- pakikitulongact of cooperating or being cooperative
- tulunganassociation for mutual benefit
- pakikitulongassociation for mutual benefit
Tamil ஒத்துழைப்பு, ஒத்துழைக்கை
- ஒத்துழைப்பு (ottuḻaippu)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- ஒத்துழைக்கை (ottuḻaikkai)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- ஒத்துழைப்பு (ottuḻaippu)active help from a person, organization, et cetera
- ஒத்துழைக்கை (ottuḻaikkai)active help from a person, organization, et cetera
- கூட்டுறவு (kūṭṭuṟavu)association for mutual benefit
Thai ความร่วมมือ
- ความร่วมมือ (kwaam-rûuam-mʉʉ)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Turkish ortak çalışma, işbirliği
- ortak çalışmaact of cooperating or being cooperative
- işbirliğiact of cooperating or being cooperative
- emektaşlıkact of cooperating or being cooperative
Ukrainian співробі́тництво, співпра́ця
- співробі́тництво (spivrobítnyctvo)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- співпра́ця (spivprácja)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- коопера́ція (kooperácija)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Urdu تَعاوُن, ہَم کاری
- تَعاوُن (ta'āvun)act of cooperating or being cooperative
- ہَم کاری (ham kārī)act of cooperating or being cooperative
Vietnamese sự hợp tác, hợp tác
- sự hợp tácact of cooperating or being cooperative
- hợp tácact of cooperating or being cooperative
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cooperation
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
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“cooperation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooperation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cooperation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cooperation.
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