collaborate

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Originated 1870–75, from collaborator, from French collaborateur, from Latin collaborare

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to collaborate

Third person singular
collaborates

Simple past
collaborated

Past participle
collaborated

Present participle
collaborating

to 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.

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[edit] 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 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

[edit] Italian

[edit] 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