collaboration
Americannoun
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the act or process of working together or cooperating.
Chat tools provide opportunity for real-time collaboration and dialogue.
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a product resulting from working together or cooperating.
This dictionary is a collaboration of many minds.
Usage
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.
Other Word Forms
- noncollaboration noun
Etymology
Origin of collaboration
First recorded in 1855–60; from French, from Late Latin collabōrāt ( us ) ( collaborate ) + French -ion -ion
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Minnesota is a state with a deep history of civic involvement and neighborly collaboration.
The collaboration marks a significant shift for Apple, which has traditionally developed its core technologies in-house.
From Barron's
The film, made in collaboration with his King's Foundation charity, is a sometimes elegiac look at his many decades of campaigning to protect the natural world.
From BBC
The foundation made the film in collaboration with production companies Amazon MGM Studios and Passion Planet.
From Barron's
According to Bassini-Silva, collaborations with field researchers and environmental consulting companies may soon lead to more samples.
From Science Daily
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