cooperative English · revision 15414

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1603|origins=la operor}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kuˈɑp.ɹətɪv/, /kɔˈɑp.ɹətɪv/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-lat|cooperātīvus]],^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002) from the past participle stem of [[la|cooperor|t=to work together]] (see [[cooperate]]),^(Etymonline)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|co-|t=together]] and [[m|la|operor|t=to work]]; later partly through [[fr|coopératif]].^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Working jointly to attain an end: about 1600 in Etymonline, 1603 in Merriam-Webster.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The political-economy sense, of an enterprise owned and run jointly by its members for their shared benefit, is from 1808, from the pre-Marxian communist movement.^(Etymonline) The noun, a cooperative store, is from 1883,^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) and a cooperative society from 1921.^(Etymonline) Willing to help, compliant, is a common modern sense.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1603 – working jointly.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1808 – cooperative economics.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1883 – a cooperative store (noun).^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1921 – a cooperative society.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Willing to help or to do what is asked.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

+ # Done together with others; involving [[cooperation]].^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

+ # Of a business or farm, owned and run jointly by its members, who share the profits.^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A business or organization owned and run jointly by its members; a [[co-op]].^(AHD)^(COED 2004)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cooperatively]]

+ * [[cooperativeness]]

+ * [[cooperativity]]

+ * [[noncooperative]]

+ * [[uncooperative]]

+ * [[co-op]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[cooperation]]

+ * [[cooperate]]

+ * [[operative]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}