提携|ていけいteikei[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbcooperation; tie-up; joint business; partnership; alliance; sponsorship
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 提携する（ていけいする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 提携します（ていけいします） |
| Negative (nai) | 提携しない（ていけいしない） |
| polite (masen) | 提携しません（ていけいしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 提携せず・提携せぬ（ていけいせず・ていけいせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 提携した（ていけいした） |
| polite (mashita) | 提携しました（ていけいしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 提携しなかった（ていけいしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 提携しませんでした（ていけいしませんでした） |
| Te form | 提携して（ていけいして） |
| Potential | 提携できる（ていけいできる） |
| Passive | 提携される（ていけいされる） |
| Causative | 提携させる（ていけいさせる） |
| Causative passive | 提携させられる（ていけいさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 提携すれば（ていけいすれば） |
| tara | 提携したら（ていけいしたら） |
| Volitional | 提携しよう（ていけいしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 提携しましょう（ていけいしましょう） |
| Imperative | 提携しろ（ていけいしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym協力きょうりょくNeutralThe broadest of these: lending effort or help toward a shared goal. 「提携」 stresses two parties forming a partnership, mostly companies or organizations.
- Synonym連携れんけいNeutralCoordination through mutual contact and linkage, as in 「連携プレー」; stresses staying in step with each other rather than forming a partnership.
- Related連合れんごうNeutralUniting separate bodies into one whole, as in 「国際連合」; stresses the combined organization itself, not a partnership between two parties.
- Related連立れんりつWrittenWritten/formal: political parties joining to govern together, as in 「連立政権」; also simultaneous equations. Not for cooperation in general.
- Related連盟れんめいNeutralA league: an organization formed for a common purpose, as in 「日本将棋連盟」; names the body itself, not the act of partnering.
- Related同盟どうめいWrittenWritten/formal: concluding an alliance under a pact, mostly between nations, as in 「日米同盟」.
- Related協調きょうちょうNeutralParties on opposing sides cooperating through mutual concession; stresses harmony between them rather than a formal tie-up.
- Related団結だんけつNeutralBanding together as one; stresses solidarity and cohesion, and need not involve any formal cooperation agreement.
- RelatedアライアンスNeutralLoanword for an alliance or tie-up, used mostly in business; very close in use to 「提携」.
- Related協働きょうどうWrittenWritten/formal: different bodies working together on a task; leans administrative in flavor.
- Antonym対立たいりつNeutralAntonym: parties in opposing positions refusing to yield to each other — the opposite of 「提携」.
- Antonym敵対てきたいWrittenWritten/formal antonym: treating the other side as an enemy, as in 「敵対関係」; the opposite of cooperating.
- Antonym反目はんもくWrittenWritten/formal antonym: mutual ill will and glaring at each other, as in 「両家が反目」; the opposite of cooperating.
Use 「提携」 when companies, organizations or individuals join hands in a cooperative partnership, as in 「業務提携」. For cooperation in general pick 「協力」, for coordination and linkage 「連携」, and for alliances 「アライアンス」 or 「同盟」. For opposition, use 「対立」.
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