collaborative

American  

[kuh-lab-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] / kəˈlæb əˌreɪ tɪv, -ər ə tɪv /

adjective

1. characterized or accomplished by cooperation or working together.

   collaborative methods;

   a collaborative report.

2. relating to or involving several organizations, groups, people, etc., working together for a common purpose.

   My doctor is now part of a collaborative practice.

   Modern policing is trending toward collaborative law enforcement, where police officers work hand-in-hand with community leaders and neighborhood associations.

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noun

1. a group of people working together for a common purpose.

   The collaborative of doctors was able to gather important new information about the illness by pooling anonymized patient data.

Usage

What does collaborative mean? Collaborative is an adjective that describes an effort in which people work together (that is, one in which they collaborate).Collaborative is often used in a positive context to refer to two or more parties successfully working together on a goal or shared project. It’s also increasingly used as a noun for an organized joint effort.Example: The groundbreaking new album was a collaborative effort by the two musicians, who usually have very different styles.

Other Word Forms

• collaboratively adverb
• uncollaborative adjective
• uncollaboratively adverb

Etymology

Origin of collaborative

collaborate + -ive

Example Sentences

Courteous here, collaborative there, competitive when necessary—Harvey’s driving personality was, if I may say, a lot like mine.

From The Wall Street Journal

She then headed to Hong Kong to make a “collaborative experimental thing” with Kogonada, which the filmmaker has since edited into a movie called “zi” that is set to premiere at Sundance.

From Los Angeles Times

"These results reveal the need to emphasize those connections and help patients understand the importance of collaborative care."

From Science Daily

“It’s really collaborative and more like goal-setting: What are you looking to achieve? What life events are you going through? How are you dealing with them?”

From MarketWatch

There is a steep learning curve, but teams of robots can learn collaboratively, with each lesson propagated through the fleet.

From Barron's