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Cooperative

adjective

Involving the joint activity of two or more. Synonyms: concerted, conjunct, conjunctive. "The conjunct influence of fire and strong wind" , "The conjunctive focus of political opposition" , "A cooperative effort" , "A united effort" , "Joint military activities"

Done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit.

Willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement. Synonym: accommodative.

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"Cooperative" Quotes from Famous Books

... forget that this great outcome is precisely the plan of God for every man's life, and that when man works he finds that there are forces outside of him thoroughly cooperative with him. He starts a rock down the mountain side, but gravitation reaches out ready fingers and hurls it a thousand times faster and faster. He launches his ship on the sea and the wind and steam carry it thousands of miles. He speaks his quiet breath into the ear of the phone and electricity ...

— Among the Forces • Henry White Warren

... to the man who deceives us on the small? I don't! Everything we eat, drink, and wear is a more or less adulterated commodity; and that very adulteration is sold to us by the tradesmen at such outrageous prices, that we are obliged to protect ourselves on the Socialist principle, by setting up cooperative shops of our own. Wait! and hear me out, before you applaud. Don't mistake the plain purpose of what I am saying to you; and don't suppose that I am blind to the brighter side of the dark picture that I have drawn. Look within the limits ...

— The Fallen Leaves • Wilkie Collins

... contract, by virtue of which man becomes a member of a society, agreeing to renounce certain rights he might exercise if wholly independent, and to receive in exchange legal rights which guarantee to the individual the protection of life and property and the manifold advantages to be derived from cooperative effort, points ...

— A Handbook of Ethical Theory • George Stuart Fullerton

Words linked to "Cooperative" : helpful, concerted, co-op, association, synergetic, uncooperative, synergistic, noncompetitive, collaborative, commercial enterprise, joint, cooperate