collaborate

English

Etymology

From collaborator, from French collaborateur, from Latin collaborare

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kəˈlabəɹeɪt/
• (US) IPA: /kəˈlæbəɹeɪt/

Verb

collaborate (third-person singular simple present collaborates, present participle collaborating, simple past and past participle collaborated)

1. To work together with others to achieve a common goal.

   Let's collaborate on this dictionary, and get it finished faster.

2. To cooperate treasonably as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

   If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot.

Translations

to work together on a piece of work

Arabic: يَتَعاوَن مَع Bulgarian: сътруднича (bg) Chinese (Simplified): 合作 Chinese (Traditional): 合作 Czech: spolupracovat (cs) Danish: samarbejde (da) Dutch: samenwerken (nl) Esperanto: kunlabori (eo) Estonian: koostööd tegema Finnish: tehdä yhteistyötä French: collaborer (fr) German: zusammenarbeiten (de) Greek: συνεργάζομαι (el) (synergázomai) Hebrew: שיתף פעולה (he) (shitéf p'ula) Hungarian: közösen dolgozik, együtt dolgozik Icelandic: vinna saman

Indonesian: kerjasama Italian: collaborare (it) Japanese: 共同して働く Korean: 공동으로 일하다 Latvian: sadarboties; līdzdarboties Lithuanian: drauge dirbti Norwegian: samarbeide (no) Polish: współpracować Portuguese: colaborar (Brazil, Portugal) Romanian: a colabora Russian: сотрудничать (ru) Slovak: spolupracovať Slovene: sodelovati Spanish: colaborar (es) Swedish: samarbeta (sv) Turkish: birlikte çalışmak

to cooperate treasonably

Arabic: يَتَعاوَنُ مَعِ العَدو Bulgarian: колаборирам (bg) Chinese (Simplified): 勾结 Chinese (Traditional): 勾結 Czech: kolaborovat Danish: kollaborere (da), samarbejde (da) Dutch: collaboreren (nl) Estonian: kollaboreerima Finnish: olla yhteistoiminnassa, -työssä French: collaborer (fr) German: zusammenarbeiten (de) Greek: συνεργάζομαι (el) (synergázomai) Hebrew: שיתף פעולה (he) (shitéf p'ula) Hungarian: kollaborál (hu) Icelandic: vinna með Indonesian: berkhianat (id)

Italian: collaborare (it) Japanese: (敵に) 協力する Korean: (적국에) 협력하다 Latvian: sadarboties (ar ienaidnieku) Lithuanian: bendradarbiauti, kolaboruoti Norwegian: samarbeide (med fienden), kollaborere Polish: kolaborować Portuguese: colaborar (Brazil, Portugal) Romanian: a colabora Russian: сотрудничать с врагом Slovak: kolaborovať Slovene: kolaborirati Spanish: colaborar (es) Swedish: samarbeta, kollaborera Turkish: işbirliği yapmak

References

• “collaborate” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “collaborate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "collaborate" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
• "collaborate" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

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Italian

Verb form

collaborate

1. second-person plural present tense of collaborare
2. second-person plural present subjunctive of collaborare
3. second-person plural imperative of collaborare

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Latin

Verb

collabōrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of collabōrō