Meaning & use
cooperate
To work jointly with another person or group toward a shared goal or result.
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The two departments finally agreed to cooperate on the new safety project.
Witnesses were asked to cooperate fully with the ongoing police investigation.
A note on using this word
Cooperate is intransitive and usually followed by 'with' someone; American English spells it without a hyphen, unlike British 'co-operate'.
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