COOPERATES Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

cooperates

verb

present tense third-person singular of cooperate

as in collaborates

to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end conservation groups cooperated with state authorities to find a humane way to manage the area's overpopulation of deer

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as in unites

to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members several industrialized nations cooperated in a trade agreement to reduce or eliminate tariffs

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Recent Examples of cooperates If risk is purely a market phenomenon, the response is to time entries and exits well and hope the cycle cooperates. — Khalifa Aldhaheri, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026 If the weather cooperates, always rent a car and head up into the mountains. — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2026 Cycling is another option when the coastal weather cooperates. — Sierra Vandervort, Travel + Leisure, 10 Sep. 2026 If the horizon is clear and the weather cooperates, these are the evenings to circle on your skywatching calendar. — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026 There were 223 seats at the Lee’s Summit restaurant, not all of them in use, like the 24 in the open-air patio or at the two bars — one that expands into a third outdoor patio for when the weather cooperates. — Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 If the weather cooperates, the possibilities are endless — hiking, surfing, sunbathing, strolling, gazing at the stars in the sky. — Ed Silverman, STAT, 31 July 2026 Rethink old assumptions and embrace new possibilities when Uranus cooperates with Pluto. — Usa Today, USA Today, 18 July 2026 Every backyard astronomer should be able to see it without any special equipment (if the weather cooperates). — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 3 July 2026

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And Jeremy Allen White is Jeff Horwitz, the Wall Street Journal tech reporter with whom Haugen collaborates on an explosive series of articles informally titled The Facebook Files, exposing the toxic culture behind the company’s stratospheric reach.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
She was shortlisted for the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize in 2019 and collaborates regularly with JW Anderson on bespoke ceramic commissions and works.

— Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Oct. 2026

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There are about a dozen other puzzle libraries in the Denver and Colorado Springs areas, according to a map on their website, which unites their often-unrelated residential hosts.

— John Wenzel, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
The event unites military and civilian communities in a series of public events, including ship tours, community concerts, public safety and military response exhibits, and STEM education activities.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of unites

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It will be won by organizations that consolidate and orchestrate with a vendor-neutral control plane that federates data, reasons across domains, governs agents as first-class citizens and connects to whatever the ecosystem looks like next quarter.

— Shailesh Manjrekar, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
The exec brought up how Arte federates a network of 14 public broadcasters, has programs available in seven languages, and maintains strong ties with the creative ecosystem across Europe.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 17 Mar. 2026