# collaboration

Pronunciation: US say "kuh-lab-uh-RAY-shun" /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/; UK

## Noun

1. The act of working together with one or more people to produce or achieve something.
   - Simple: The act of working together with others to make or do something.
   - _The exhibit came about through collaboration between the museum and several local artists._
   - _Successful disaster relief depends on collaboration among many agencies._
2. A work or product created by two or more people working together.
   - Simple: Something made by two or more people working together.
   - _The album is a collaboration between the composer and a jazz quartet._
   - _Several collaborations between the two studios have won awards._
3. Cooperation with an enemy occupying one's country, treated as an act of treason.
   - Simple: Helping an enemy army that has taken over your country, seen as a betrayal of your own people.
   - _After liberation, courts tried hundreds of citizens for collaboration with the occupying regime._
   - _His wartime collaboration with the enemy left a permanent stain on the family name._

## Origin

This word entered English around 1855-60 from French collaboration, which traces back through Late Latin collaboratus to the Latin con- ("with") and labōrō ("work"). It can also be seen as collaborate plus the suffix -ion.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/collaboration (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).