cooperate

Definition

  • verb: to work together
  • verb: to act or work with another or others
  • often + 'with'
  • synonyms: accord, acquiesce, act in concert

Examples

  • The mother asked the child to put on his pajamas, but the child refused to 'cooperate'.

  • We can barbecue on Sunday if the weather 'cooperates'. [=if the weather is good enough]

  • The country agreed to 'cooperate' with the other nations on the trade agreement.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) It only works if all the little cogs mesh together. Now, a clock needs to be cleaned, well-lubricated and wound tight. The best clocks have jewel movements, cogs that fit, that cooperate by design. I'm being metaphorical, Bob. Know what I mean by cooperative cogs? Bob? Bob? Look at me (..)
    2004 The Incredibles
  • (..) It's just a matter of time until I win-- You want time, buy the magazine. We don't have time. Just get me something I can use. Is Harry cooperating? Like a guy that'll do time for receiving stolen property if he doesn't. What kind of vibe is he getting from Toretto? He's scared of him, (..)
    2001 The Fast and the Furious
  • (..) Most of them have been happy to talk to us. - Do you spook easily, Starling? - Not yet, sir. See, the one we want most refuses to cooperate. I want you to go after him again today in the asylum. - Who's the subject? - The psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter. Hannibal the Cannibal. I don't expect him to talk to you. But I have to be able to say we tried. So if he won't cooperate, I want just straight reporting. How does he look? How does his cell look? Is he sketching, drawing? If he is, what's he sketching? Here's a dossier on Lecter. (..)
    1991 The Silence of the Lambs