Hyphenation of cooperative

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word cooperative? This word can be hyphenated and contains 5 syllables as shown below.

co-op-er-a-tive

Definitions of cooperative:

1.	A jointly owned commercial enterprise (usually organized by farmers or consumers) that produces and distributes goods and services and is run for the benefit of its owners
2.	An association formed and operated for the benefit of those using it
3.	Involving the joint activity of two or more Concerted action The conjunct influence of fire and strong wind The conjunctive focus of political opposition A cooperative effort A united effort Joint military activities
4.	Done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit A cooperative effort
5.	Willing to adjust to differences in order to obtain agreement

Synonyms of cooperative:

adj	combined, concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, united, joint
adj	cooperative, collaborative, helpful, synergetic, synergistic, helpful
adj	accommodative, noncompetitive
noun	co-op, commercial enterprise
noun	association

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.