COOPERATION

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does cooperation mean? 

• COOPERATION (noun)
  The noun COOPERATION has 2 senses:

1. joint operation or action
2. the practice of cooperating

  Familiarity information: COOPERATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COOPERATION (noun)

Meaning:

Joint operation or action

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

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

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))

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

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

rapprochement; reconciliation (the reestablishing of cordial relations)

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

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

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

coaction; collaboration (act of working jointly)

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

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)

Meaning:

The practice of cooperating

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context examples:

economic cooperation / they agreed on a policy of cooperation

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

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