Meaning & use
cooperation
The act of working together with others toward a shared goal or for mutual benefit.
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The project succeeded only through close cooperation between engineers and local community leaders.
International cooperation was essential in tracking and containing the outbreak quickly.
A note on using this word
Cooperation is spelled without a hyphen in American English, though co-operation with a hyphen appears in some British texts.
Words with a similar meaning
collaborationteamwork
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Words with an opposite meaning
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