n.

1. The act or practice of cooperating.
2. The association of persons or businesses for common, usually economic, benefit.

cooperationist co·op'er·a'tion·ist n.

noun

1. Joint work toward a common end: coaction, collaboration, synergy, teamwork. See conflict/cooperation.
2. The state of being associated: affiliation, alliance, association, combination, conjunction, connection, partnership. See near/far/distance.

n

Definition: mutual effort
Antonyms: blockage, delay, encumbrance, handicap, hindrance, obstruction, prevention, stoppage

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Behaviour exhibited by individuals working together towards goals that can be shared. There is much debate concerning the relative merits of cooperation and competition in facilitating learning. Many conditions contain both competitive and cooperative elements, and it is not easy to decide which is more beneficial. In team sports, each performer has to learn to play cooperatively, as well as to express a desire for defeating opponents. Generally, cooperation requires a greater degree of maturation and intellectual development than competition. See also social interactive force. Compare competition.

IN BRIEF: The act of working together.

Trees were planted with the cooperation of the whole town.

Quotes:

"Union gives strength." - Aesop

"Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in." - Aesop

"It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals." - Fred A. Allen

"Let's face it. In most of life we really are interdependent. We need each other. Staunch independence is an illusion, but heavy dependence isn't healthy, either. The only position of long-term strength is interdependence: win/win." - Greg Anderson

"Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always." - Marvin J. Ashton

"Men exist for the sake of one another." - Marcus Aurelius

See more famous quotes about Cooperation

Common misspelling(s) of cooperation

• coorperation

Dansk (Danish)
n. - samarbejde, medvirken, kooperation

idioms:

• in cooperation with    i samarbejde med

Nederlands (Dutch)
samenwerking, coöperatie

Français (French)
n. - coopération

idioms:

• in cooperation with    en coopération avec

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zusammenarbeit, Kooperation

idioms:

• in cooperation with    gemeinsam mit

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνεργασία, σύμπραξη

idioms:

• in cooperation with    σε συνεργασία με

Italiano (Italian)
cooperazione, collaborazione

idioms:

• in cooperation with    in cooperazione con, in collaborazione con

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cooperação (f), cooperativa (f)

idioms:

• in cooperation with    juntamente com

Русский (Russian)
взаимодействие, взаимопомощь

idioms:

• in cooperation with    совместно с

Español (Spanish)
n. - colaboración, cooperación

idioms:

• in cooperation with    en colaboración o cooperación con

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - samarbete, samverkan

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
合作, 合作社, 协力

idioms:

• in cooperation with    跟...合作, 跟...协力合作

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 合作, 合作社, 協力

idioms:

• in cooperation with    跟...合作, 跟...協力合作

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 협동, 협동작업

idioms:

• in cooperation with    ~와 협력하여

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 協力, 協同組合

idioms:

• in cooperation with    協力して

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) تعاون‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שיתוף-פעולה‬

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