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COOPERATIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
Synonyms:
co-op; cooperative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("cooperative" is a kind of...):
commercial enterprise (an enterprise connected with commerce)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("cooperative" is a kind of...):
association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement
Synonyms:
accommodative; cooperative
Classified under:
Similar:
noncompetitive (not involving competition or competitiveness)
Derivation:
cooperativeness (the trait of being cooperative)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit
Example:
a cooperative effort
Classified under:
Similar:
collaborative (accomplished by collaboration)
synergetic; synergistic (working together; used especially of groups, as subsidiaries of a corporation, cooperating for an enhanced effect)
Also:
helpful (providing assistance or serving a useful function)
Antonym:
uncooperative (unwilling to cooperate)
Derivation:
cooperate (work together on a common enterprise of project)
cooperativeness (the trait of being cooperative)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Involving the joint activity of two or more
Example:
joint military activities
Synonyms:
concerted; conjunct; conjunctive; cooperative
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
joint (united or combined)
Derivation:
cooperate (work together on a common enterprise of project)
Context examples:
A framework to enhance cooperative activities among the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of the Director and the NIH institutes and centers that support research on the nervous system.
(Blueprint for Neuroscience, NCI Thesaurus)
Cooperative family registries specific for breast and colorectal cancer studies.
(Cooperative Family Registries for Breast and Colorectal Cancer Studies, NCI Thesaurus)
A cooperative group sponsored by the NCI whose primary goal is to evaluate surgical therapies in the management of patients with malignant solid tumors.
(American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, NCI Thesaurus)
Mayo's philosophy of patient care is that medicine is best practiced as a cooperative science with clinicians, specialists, and researchers working as a team.
(Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, NCI Thesaurus)
AHRQ uses mechanisms of grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts to carry out research projects, demonstrations, evaluations, and knowledge dissemination.
(Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NCI Thesaurus)
Emphasis on multi-site, cooperative research by multi- disciplinary teams of investigators wishing to collaborate within the common theme of the genetic epidemiology of cancer.
(Interdisciplinary Studies in the Genetic Epidemiology of Cancer, NCI Thesaurus)
A grouping of individuals and functions into a single unit that is part of a larger group such as a cooperative group, research network, consortium, etc.
(Member Organization, NCI Thesaurus)
If there are times of day that the person is less confused or more cooperative, take advantage of that in daily routines.
(Alzheimer's Caregivers, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
A cooperative oncology group which carries out clinical trials in cancer therapy and supportive care across Canada and internationally.
(National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group, NCI Thesaurus)
You will make more progress by being cooperative and conciliatory.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
