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 surplus charges the auxiliary battery, ready to deploy whenever the sky doesn't cooperate.
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For Javier Hernandez, cooperating with federal prosecutors felt like the only option.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
The surplus charges the auxiliary battery, ready to deploy whenever the sky doesn't cooperate.
—Omar Kardoudi
april 05, New Atlas, 5 Apr. 2026
For Javier Hernandez, cooperating with federal prosecutors felt like the only option.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2026
The driver of the Subaru remained at the scene to cooperate with the investigation, police said.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
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 8 Apr. 2026.
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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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