Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.
- v. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To work with another or others; coöperate with another or others in doing or producing something; especially, to work with another in a literary production or a scientific investigation.
Wiktionary
- v. To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
- v. To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor.
- v. to willingly cooperate with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country.
WordNet 3.0
- v. work together on a common enterprise of project
- v. cooperate as a traitor
Etymologies
- From collaborator, from French collaborateur, from Latin collaborare (Wiktionary)
- Late Latin collabōrāre, collabōrāt- : Latin com-, com- + Latin labōrāre, to work (from labor, toil). (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Frankly, it'd be a good area for conservatives and libertarians to once again collaborate, because neither side has enough media assets to mount a serious challenge.”
Richman on How to Break the Catch-22, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“I collaborated with the CIA the way I-- use the word collaborate -- the way I collaborated with the State Department, the way I collaborated with anybody in government.”
“And so, let us allow the Soul of the World to fulfill its mission, and if we can’t help, the best way to collaborate is to pay attention to the simple things in life; the sunset, the people in the street, the reading of a book.”
“I would like to see more and more labels collaborate, moving away from that traditional notion that we are all in competition.”
“The single platform also enables all designers, including development partners in the supply chain, to collaborate, which is another factor in streamlining the design process.”
“Tolkien and Dickens collaborate, that is, their descendants are working together.”
“Establishing the service in dormitories shared by undergraduates in Columbia College and School of Engineering and Applied Sciences allows students to collaborate, which is especially helpful for courses required by both schools, such as University Writing.”
“Anyr: How does that work in google docs? whenever I share something and "collaborate" it takes a while for changes to be updated we both have decent connections.”
Google Wave “Is What Email Would Look Like If It Were Invented Today” | Lifehacker Australia
“Growth in the emerging economies has prompted service providers to "collaborate" on how best to provide services to Indo-China and Eastern Europe instead of the ailing U.S.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘collaborate’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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fluxus, gallant, kinetic, lurk, disengage, mist, agleam, voyeur, devoid, crimson, ebony, azure and 94 more...
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big book gre
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TECH - Steve Jobs
admonition, integrate, dominate, emerging, sensation, intense, mentor, intuition, elegant, chassis, culture, chronicle and 76 more...
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
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eggplantia5's Words
scintillate, marvel, cranberry, oscillate, triumph, bamboozle, grimace, magical, book, hexagon, cipher, compendium and 2727 more...
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everythingecstatic's Words
cadence, frenetic, eloquence, paradigm, nocturne, elusive, effervescence, soliloquy, plethora, elision, aqueous, transcend and 166 more...
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Mimi
sober, rhetoric, oratory, ergo, venom, diaphragm, Medieval, piety, incognito, ruse, calamity, evidence and 251 more...
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL C
cabal, cache, cacophony, cadaverous, cadence, cajole, callous, callow, calumny, calvary, camaraderie, canard and 199 more...
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Learned words
Words which are highly likely to be found in the work of learned writers.
ailurophile, labyrinthine, lagniappe, colleague, anechoic, reglets, fluctuations, scalar, implicit, constitute, mortification, ambassadors and 629 more...
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ginnylev's Words
neuroplasticity, repudiate, scintilla, ruminate, tautology, ombudsman, exigent, filibuster, grace, ambidextrous, amends, disclosure and 623 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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Good Wordfest Words
burgeon, exacerbate, artifice, cogent, gregarious, magnanimous, conciliatory, deplore, panacea, decimate, insular, deference and 159 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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GRE Words
abacus, abate, abdicate, abdomen, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abide, abjure, abraded, abrasion, abrogate and 198 more...
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Touchy feely words
express, dialogue, brainstorm, partner, harmonious, collaborate, share, touch base, inclusive, eracism, challenge, privilege and 3 more...
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