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
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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The charges were first dropped a few weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term in part because the case would impede Adams’ ability to do his job as mayor, including cooperating with Trump’s immigration crackdown, the Justice Department’s new acting deputy attorney general wrote.
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Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Bove argued that the case had national security implications by restricting Adams’s ability to cooperate with the feds on immigration matters, interfered with the mayor’s ability to govern, and was improperly filed within nine months of the mayoral primary.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
Weiss, who was fired in 2023 for failing to cooperate with a school investigation, entered a not guilty plea Monday.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Now, Qatari and Israeli air forces are training together, attending joint briefings, and cooperating in simulated missions.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
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Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 3 Apr. 2025
Bove argued that the case had national security implications by restricting Adams’s ability to cooperate with the feds on immigration matters, interfered with the mayor’s ability to govern, and was improperly filed within nine months of the mayoral primary.
—Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 2 Apr. 2025
Weiss, who was fired in 2023 for failing to cooperate with a school investigation, entered a not guilty plea Monday.
—Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Now, Qatari and Israeli air forces are training together, attending joint briefings, and cooperating in simulated missions.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for cooperate
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“Cooperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cooperate. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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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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