collaborate

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  1. intransitive verb To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.
  2. intransitive verb To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

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  • The Center will act as a physical and virtual community hub where residents and visitors can gather to learn, collaborate, and share information to get more people to shop locally, eat locally, and invest locally. —  The Union - All Categories
  • Seek out individuals who are truly "team" players if you can to help ease some of the panic attacks and be vocal and collaborate, as being an island today is slowly dissipating and hopefully the emphasis on the "one" solution provider will eventually go by the wayside and perhaps we can all learn a bit more about the over indulged world of information technology and multitude of choices available today. —  The Medical Quack
  • "We bring people together ... to collaborate -- and that strength is going to be what allows us to break new ground."
  • Now if the two of us were to collaborate, there's no telling what sort of fabulous tale we could conjure. —  open source theology - Comments
  • A new survey released by IBM and Silico Research reveals that if life science companies fail to collaborate, they risk costly delays in the production of new medicines, medical devices, diagnostics, and support services. —  GEN News Highlights
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Late Latin collabōrāre, collabōrāt- : Latin com-, com- + Latin labōrāre, to work (from labor, toil).

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  1. from Late Latin collaboratus, past participle of collaborare, conlaborare, work with, from Latin com-, with, + laborare, work, from labor, work: see labor.
 

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/kɑˈlæbəreɪt/
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