cooperative

coopératif, conciliant

Prêt à écouter les autres, à les aider et à bien travailler avec eux.

En anglais simple : Willing to listen, help, and work well with other people.

• The staff were very cooperative.
• She remained cooperative during the interview.
• Are the children cooperative with their new teacher?

Comment l'utiliser : cooperative with someone (He was cooperative with the police.)

Synonymes : helpful, willing, accommodating

Contraires : uncooperative

Expressions courantes : cooperative staff, be cooperative, cooperative with someone

coopératif, collaboratif

Qui repose sur le travail de plusieurs personnes ou groupes réunis pour atteindre un objectif.

En anglais simple : Involving several people or groups working together to achieve something.

• It was a cooperative effort.
• The schools started a cooperative research project.
• Cooperative games encourage children to help each other.

Synonymes : joint, collaborative

Expressions courantes : cooperative effort, cooperative project, cooperative learning, cooperative game

coopérative

Entreprise qui appartient à ses salariés, clients ou usagers et qu'ils dirigent ensemble.

En anglais simple : A business owned and run by its workers, customers, or the people who use it.

• The shop is a cooperative.
• Farmers formed a cooperative to sell their milk.
• Members of the housing cooperative share repair costs.

Synonymes : co-op

Expressions courantes : housing cooperative, farmers’ cooperative, join a cooperative