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collaboration

Pronunciation: /kəlabəˈreɪʃn/

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Definition of collaboration

noun

[mass noun]
  • 1the action of working with someone to produce something:he wrote a book in collaboration with his son
  • [count noun] something produced in collaboration with someone:his recent opera was a collaboration with Lessing
  • 2traitorous cooperation with an enemy:he faces charges of collaboration

Derivatives

collaborationist

noun & adjective
collaboration (sense 2).

Origin:

mid 19th century: from Latin collaboratio(n-), from collaborare 'work together'

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