collaboration

[ kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuhn ]
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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.

Origin of collaboration

1
First recorded in 1855–60; from French, from Late Latin collabōrāt (us ) (see collaborate) + French -ion -ion

Other words from collaboration

  • non·col·lab·o·ra·tion, noun

Words Nearby collaboration

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How to use collaboration in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for collaboration

collaboration

/ (kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən) /


noun
  1. (often foll by on, with, etc) the act of working with another or others on a joint project

  2. something created by working jointly with another or others

  1. the act of cooperating as a traitor, esp with an enemy occupying one's own country

Derived forms of collaboration

  • collaborationist, noun

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