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# cooperation

«cooperation» in Mova's school dictionary: **working together with other people to reach the same goal** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (cooperation — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Cooperation is working together with other people to reach the same goal. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/#m1)

2) Cooperation is being helpful and doing what you are asked, for example with the police or a teacher. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school, cooperation is a key part of group work, team sports and class projects. In science, many animals show cooperation, like ants in a colony or wolves hunting in a pack. Between countries, cooperation means sharing work, like the International Space Station. Phrases: «in cooperation with», «thank you for your cooperation», «international cooperation».

### examples

- The project was finished thanks to the cooperation of the whole class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/#x1)
- Ants survive by cooperation: each one has a job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/#x2)
- Thank you for your cooperation, said the sign at the airport. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/#x3)
- The space station was built in cooperation with many countries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/#x4)
- Good cooperation helped our team win the relay. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/#x5)
- The police asked for the public's cooperation in finding the lost dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/#x6)

### note

Uncountable: no «a» and no plural. Also spelt co-operation (often in the UK). Verb: cooperate; adjective: cooperative. Opposite: competition (working against each other) or refusal to help.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cooperation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cooperation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.