different between cooperative vs cooperation

English

Alternative forms

• co-operative, coöperative, co-öperative

Adjective

cooperative (comparative more cooperative, superlative most cooperative)

1. Ready to work with another person or in a team; ready to cooperate.

2. Involving cooperation between individuals or parties.

3. Relating to a cooperative or cooperatives.

Antonyms

• adversarial
• competitive

Related terms

Translations

Noun

cooperative (plural cooperatives)

1. A type of company that is owned partially or wholly by its employees, customers or tenants.

Derived terms

• co-op
• platform cooperative

Translations

Further reading

• cooperative on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Adjective

cooperative

1. feminine plural of cooperativo

Noun

cooperative f

1. plural of cooperativa

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ko.o.pe.ra??ti?.u?e/, [ko?p??ä??t?i?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ko.o.pe.ra?ti.ve/, [k??p????t?i?v?]

Adjective

cooper?t?ve

1. vocative masculine singular of cooper?t?vus

English

Alternative forms

• co-operation
• coöperation

Etymology

1620–30, from French cooperation, from Late Latin cooper?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko???p???e???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

cooperation (countable and uncountable, plural cooperations)

1. (usually uncountable) The act of cooperating.
2. Active help from a person, organization, etc., such as an orderly sharing of space or resources.
   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     South Korea is seeking cooperation from China to produce artificial rain to help fight increasing pollution.

3. Association for mutual benefit, such as for purposes of production or purchase.

Antonyms

• competition

Related terms

• cooperative

Translations

References

• cooperation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “cooperation”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “cooperation” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "cooperation" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

French

Noun

cooperation f (plural cooperations)

1. Obsolete form of coopération.

Middle French

Noun

cooperation f (plural cooperations)

1. cooperation
   • 1488, La Mer des Histoires

     Dieu au commencement avoit fait l'omme, c'est assavoir Adam sans cooperation de homme et de femme

     At the beginning, God had made man, that is to say Adam without the cooperation between man and woman

References

• “coopération” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).