collaboration
Pluralcollaborations (some meanings)
- 1The act of working together with others to make or do something.
Like two people carrying a heavy table together: it only works when both lift.
The science project was the result of close collaboration between the two classes.
Building a treehouse took real collaboration from the whole family.
Similarcooperation, teamwork, partnership, coordination
Oppositecompetition, rivalry
- 2Something made by two or more people working together.
Like a meal cooked by several people, where each one added a part.
Their new song is a collaboration between two famous singers.
The mural was a collaboration by students from three schools.
- 3Helping an enemy army that has taken over your country, seen as a betrayal of your own people.
After the war, he was punished for his collaboration with the invaders.
The town never forgave her collaboration with the occupying army.
Similarcollusion, fraternization, treason
Oppositeresistance
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Origin
It came into English around 1855-60 from French collaboration. It goes back to Latin words meaning "with" and "work."