collaboration

[kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuhn]

noun

1. the act or process of working together or cooperating.

   Chat tools provide opportunity for real-time collaboration and dialogue.

2. a product resulting from working together or cooperating.

   This dictionary is a collaboration of many minds.

Other Word Forms

• noncollaboration noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of collaboration¹

First recorded in 1855–60; from French, from Late Latin collabōrāt ( us ) ( collaborate ) + French -ion -ion

Example Sentences

Opera, in collaboration with Beth Morrison Productions, staged last year, was also made magical by Twist.

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Food and beverage brands have approached Gaffigan in recent years about potential collaborations, but he passed, he said.

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The collaboration began by chance when Howson and Muir met while walking their dogs in a park in Glasgow's west end.

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The chip maker’s reported collaboration with Google has boosted its shares after the tech giant’s latest Gemini model and AI chip deal with Meta.

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Pony AI’s pivot to an asset-light method and collaboration with Sunlight Mobility will also help support the company’s earnings growth, they add.

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Related Words

• association 
• collusion 
• combination 
• concert 
• participation 
• partnership 
• teamwork 

When To Use

What does collaboration mean?

Collaboration is the act of working together, especially on a goal or shared project.It can also be used to refer to a product of collaboration, as in The new single is a  collaboration from the two pop stars. Collaboration is the noun form of the verb collaborate, meaning to work together.Collaboration is often used in a positive context to refer to two or more parties successfully working together on professional or artistic projects. It often implies not just cooperation but sharing and developing of each other’s ideas.Such a joint effort can be described with the adjective collaborative. People who collaborate are called collaborators.Collaboration can also be used in a much more specific way referring to cooperation as a traitor with enemy forces in one’s own country. This is much less commonly used than its general sense.Example: This project would not have happened without close collaboration between all the departments.