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co-op·er·a·tive¹ /kəu'ɒpərətɪv||-'ɑːp-/ adj 1 willing to cooperate; helpful: The management would like to thank the staff for being so cooperative. → opposite UNCOOPERA-TIVE 2 [no comp.] made, done, or operated by people working together: a cooperative farm/venture → see also CO-OP —ly adv
cooperative² also co-op n a COOPERATIVE firm, farm, shop etc, especially one that is owned and run by all the people who work in it: a housing/farm cooperative | We decided to set up a cooperative.
Coo·pers and Ly·brand /ˌkuːpəz ænd ˈlaɪbrænd||-pərz-/ an international firm of ACCOUNTANTS that joined with Price Waterhouse to become PriceWaterhouseCoopers in 1998
Coo·pers·town /ˈkuːpəztaʊn||-pərz-/ a town in the state of New York which has the Baseball Hall of Fame, a sort of MUSEUM where BASEBALL equipment and information about famous baseball players is on show to the public
co-opt /ˌkəu ˈɒpt||-ˈɑːpt/ v [T(into, onto)] (of a committee or similar group) to choose, but not elect (someone) as a member by the votes of all the existing members. Sometimes a person who is co-opted is at first not willing to be a member: I was co-opted onto the board of directors.
co·or·di·nate¹ /kəuˈɔːdɪneɪt||-ˈɔːr-/ v [T] to make (people or things) work together, so as to increase effectiveness: She's a beautiful dancer: all her movements are perfectly coordinated. | We used a computer to coordinate the marketing campaign. | a well-coordinated response to the enemy attack
co·or·di·nate² /kəuˈɔdɪnət||-ˈɔːr-/ n tech one of a set of numbers and/or letters that give the exact position of a point on a map, computer SCREEN etc → see also COORDINATES
coordinate³ adj [A] tech 1 equal in importance or rank; not SUBORDINATE: coordinate clauses in a sentence, joined by 'and' 2 of or based on COORDINATES —ly adv
co·or·di·nates /kəuˈɔːdɪnəts||-ˈɔr-/ n [P] separate women's clothes that are intended to be worn together because the colours match
co·or·di·na·tion /kəuˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn||-ˌɔːr-/ n [U] 1 [(of)] the act of coordinating (COORDINATE): careful coordination of our research efforts 2 the way in which muscles work together when performing a movement: Dancers need good coordination/a good sense of coordination.
Coors /kʊəz||kʊərz/ trademark a type of beer made by a US company and sold in the US and the UK
coot /kuːt/ n a small dark grey water bird with a short beak
coo·ties /ˈkuːtiːz/ n AmE infml disease producing bacteria or bodylice (LOUSE), believed to be caught by touching a person or thing; used especially by children: 'Sit next to your sister – she doesn't have cooties, you know.'
cop¹ /kɒp||kɑːp/ n infml a policeman or policewoman: My father's a cop. | a cop car | little boys playing cops and robbers → see also COP SHOP
cop² v -pp- [T] slang 1 BrE to catch (someone doing some-thing wrong) 2 cop it BrE to be in serious trouble: You'll really cop it if they catch you smoking again! 3 Cop that! BrE Look at that! 4 cop a plea AmE to agree to say you are guilty of a CHARGE so that you can get a reduced punishment: The police got him for homicide but he copped a plea and got away with 90 days.
cop out phr v [(of, on)] slang, often derog to avoid the responsi-bility of making a difficult decision or acting according to your principles: Don't try to cop out (of it) by telling me you're too busy! → see also COP-OUT
cop³ n BrE slang 1 a fair cop a fair or just ARREST
CULTURAL NOTE This phrase is supposedly used by criminals when they have been caught, but it is now really only a joke.
2 not much cop not very good: This film isn't much cop.
Co·pa·ca·ban·a /ˌkəpəkəˈbɑːnə/ a fashionable BEACH in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, thought of as a place where many young and beautiful people go
cope¹ /kəʊp/ v [(with)] to deal successfully with a difficult situation: The factory coped very well with the sudden increase in demand. | With three small children, she just couldn't cope on her own.
cope² n a long loose article of clothing worn by priests on special occasions
Co·pen·ha·gen /ˌkəpənˈheɪgən||ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən/ the capital city of Denmark, a port and industrial centre in the east of the country. There is a well-known STATUE (=image of a person made from solid material) of the 'Little Mermaid' in the port.
Copenhagen, the Battle of a naval battle between the British and the Danish in 1801. The British navy under Lord Nelson had received orders to leave the area because Danish ships were approaching. Nelson put his TELESCOPE to his blind eye and said 'I see no ships'. His ships remained where they were, and in the battle that followed the Danes were defeated.
Co·per·ni·can sys·tem, the /kəʊˈpɜːnɪkən ˌsɪstəm||-ˈpɜːr-/ n the idea, first suggested by Copernicus, that the Earth and the other PLANETS all travel in circles around the sun. Before this it was believed, according to the PTOLEMAIC SYSTEM, that the Earth was at the centre of the universe.
Co·per·ni·cus, Nicholas /kəʊˈpɜːnɪkəs||-ˈpɜːr-/ (1473–1543), a Polish ASTRONOMER (=person who studies the stars), known for the Copernican system
cop·ier /ˈkɒpiə||ˈkɑː-/ n a machine for making photo-graphic copies; PHOTOCOPIER
co·pi·lot /ˈkəʊˌpaɪlət/ n a pilot who shares the control of a plane with the main pilot
cop·ing /ˈkəʊpɪŋ/ n the top row of stone or brick on a wall or roof: The wall was attractively topped off with some coping stones.
co·pi·ous /ˈkəpiəs/ adj plentiful; ABUNDANT: copious tears | copious quantities of food —ly adv
Cop·land, Aaron /ˈkɒplənd/ (1900–90) a US COMPOSER of modern CLASSICAL music, known especially for his Fanfare for the Common Man, and for the music he wrote for the BALLET Appalachian Spring
'cop-out n an occasion when you try to avoid the responsi-bility of making a difficult decision or acting according to your principles: She said she was going to tell him what he could do with his job, but in the end she just kept her mouth shut. What a cop-out!
cop·per¹ /ˈkɒpə||ˈkɑː-/ n 1 [U] a soft reddish metal that is a simple substance (ELEMENT), is easily shaped, and allows heat and electricity to pass through it easily: copper pipes | copper wires | The chemical symbol for copper is 'Cu'. 2 [C] BrE infml, becoming rare a coin of low value made of copper or BRONZE: He had only a few coppers in his pocket. 3 [U] a reddish-brown colour: copper hair —y adj
copper² n infml a policeman or policewoman
,copper 'beech n a large tree with purple- or copper-coloured leaves
,copper-'bottomed adj 1 having copper on the bottom: a copper-bottomed saucepan 2 BrE infml safe in every way; com-pletely without risk: a copper-bottomed investment
Cop·per·field, David¹ /ˈkɒpəfiːld||ˈkɑːpər-/ (1956–) a US MAGICIAN (=someone who entertains people by performing magic tricks) who is known for impressive tricks such as making the STATUE OF LIBERTY disappear, and walking through the GREAT WALL OF CHINA
Copperfield, David² → see DAVID COPPERFIELD
cop·per·head /ˈkɒpəhed||ˈkɑːpər-/ n a large copper-coloured poisonous snake found in the eastern US
cop·per·plate /ˈkɒpəpleɪt||kɑːpər-/ n [U] neat regular curving old-fashioned handwriting, usually with all the letters of a word joined together: The invitation was written in fine copperplate handwriting.
cop·pice /ˈkɒpɪs||ˈkɑː-/ n a small wood of trees or bushes, especially one that is specially managed to provide wood for fencing etc
Cop·po·la, Francis Ford /ˈkɒpələ||ˈkɑː-/ (1939–) a very respected US film DIRECTOR, whose films include The GOD-FATHER (1972), for which he won an Oscar, and Apocalypse Now (1979)
Coppola, Sofia (1971–) an American film DIRECTOR, actress, PRODUCER, and writer. She is the daughter of the film director Francis Ford Coppola and has appeared in several of his films