verb
collaborate
kuh-LAB-uh-rayt
verb
1
To work together with someone else toward a shared goal.
"The two universities collaborated on a new vaccine study."
"She collaborated with a local artist on the mural."
2
To cooperate, often disloyally, with an enemy or occupying power.
"He was accused of collaborating with the invading army."
How to Use Collaborate
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishWorking jointly with others on something — usually positive, but can mean traitorous cooperation with an enemy in a wartime context.
Common pairings
collaborate with
collaborate on a project
Word Forms
collaborated past tense, collaborates singular
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Etymology
A back-formation from "collaborator", ultimately from Latin collaborare, "to work together with".