collaboration

C1 Topic:People & Society
US /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/
noun Freq #13778

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The act of working together with others on a shared task.

    The album was a collaboration between several famous artists.

  2. 2
    noun

    Something created by people working together.

    Their latest collaboration will be released in June.

  3. 3
    noun

    Cooperation with an enemy occupying one's country.

    He was charged with collaboration during the occupation.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · the act of working together... coaction
3 noun · cooperation with an enemy... collaborationismquislingism
Word family
Forms collaborations
Derived forms anticollaborationcollabcollaborationalcollaborationismcollaborationistnoncollaborationtelecollaboration

Etymology

Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”). Morphologically collaborate + -ion.

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