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cooperative
Adjective
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In a cooperative effort, project, etc., a number of people work together to do something.
Development of the machine became a cooperative effort between university and industry in the UK.
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If someone is cooperative, they listen and try to help or work with you.
He was very hard to work with, but recently has become much more cooperative.
cooperative
Noun
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A cooperative is a type of business that is owned by the people working there or by its customers.
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), a retail co-operative, is Canada's largest supplier of outdoor equipment and has more than two million members.
Linux
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noun
an open-source version of the UNIX operating system