collaborate
verb/kəˈlæbəreɪt/
/kəˈlæbəreɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they collaborate | /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ |
| he / she / it collaborates | /kəˈlæbəreɪts/ /kəˈlæbəreɪts/ |
| past simple collaborated | /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪd/ /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪd/ |
| past participle collaborated | /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪd/ /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form collaborating | /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪŋ/ /kəˈlæbəreɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to work together with somebody in order to produce or achieve something
- Researchers around the world are collaborating to develop a new vaccine.
- collaborate (with somebody) (on something) We have collaborated on many projects over the years.
- collaborate (with somebody) (in something/in doing something) She agreed to collaborate with him in writing the biography of her grandmother.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- actively
- closely
- on
- with
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- [intransitive] collaborate (with somebody) (disapproving) to help the enemy who has taken control of your country during a war
- He was accused of collaborating with the enemy.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from Latin collaborat- ‘worked with’, from the verb collaborare, from col- ‘together’ + laborare ‘to work’.
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