collaboration

CEFRC1

/kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of working together with other people.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A production or creation made by collaborating.

Examples

  • Collaboration has apparently paid off for both of them.

  • He has studied the possibility of a collaboration.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /kəˌlæbəˈɹæɪʃən/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Treasonous cooperation.

  2. The act of collaborating.

More examples

In context

  • It was a collaboration that produced extremely useful results.

  • Collaboration can be a useful part of the creative process.

  • During the interwar period, fascists proposed class collaboration as a response to communist class struggle.

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Origin

noun

Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”). Morphologically collaborate + -ion.