COOPERATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The practice of cooperating

Example:

they agreed on a policy of cooperation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cooperation" is a kind of...):

pattern; practice (a customary way of operation or behavior)

Derivation:

cooperate (work together on a common enterprise of project)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Joint operation or action

Example:

their cooperation with us was essential for the success of our mission

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cooperation" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cooperation"):

teamwork (cooperative work done by a team (especially when it is effective))

abidance; compliance; conformation; conformity (acting according to certain accepted standards)

coaction; collaboration (act of working jointly)

collaboration; collaborationism; quislingism (act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country)

compromise; via media (a middle way between two extremes)

concurrence; concurrency (acting together, as agents or circumstances or events)

rapprochement; reconciliation (the reestablishing of cordial relations)

self-sacrifice; selflessness (acting with less concern for yourself than for the success of the joint activity)

allegiance; commitment; dedication; loyalty (the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action)

representation (the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf)

Antonym:

competition (the act of competing as for profit or a prize)

Derivation:

cooperate (work together on a common enterprise of project)

Credits

Context examples:

MHC Interaction involves temporary non-covalent binding of a molecule through intermolecular physical forces of attraction with protein complexes on the surface of diverse cell types that typically mediate cellular cooperation in the immune response.

(MHC Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)

The new molecule—built by ICB in cooperation with the University of Stanford, in the US—paves the way for new medications capable of checking the evolution of the disease more efficiently than the ones available today.

(Molecule created in Brazil helps fight heart failure, Agência Brasil)

Involving cooperation between labs.

(Interlaboratory, NCI Thesaurus)

Eotaxin is the dominant eosinophil-selective chemoattractant in this model, acting to cause both local eosinophil recruitment to the lung, and the release of a rapidly mobilizable pool of bone marrow eosinophils in cooperation with IL-5.

(Allergy Chemokine Network Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) was developed as the standard for use by Federal statistical agencies in classifying business establishments for the collection, analysis, and publication of statistical data related to the business economy of the U.S. It was developed in cooperation with the statistical agencies of Canada and Mexico to establish a 3-country standard that allows for a high level of comparability in business statistics among the three countries.

(North American Industry Classification System, NCI Thesaurus)

“So the greater honeyguide is a master of deception and exploitation as well as cooperation – a proper Jekyll and Hyde of the bird world.”

(How humans and wild Honeyguide birds call each other to help, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

If, as I imagine, there is no breach of the law in this matter, you can absolutely depend upon my discretion and my cooperation in keeping the facts out of the papers.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This relationship is a rare example of cooperation between humans and free-living animals.