collaborative

English

Etymology

collaborate +‎ -ive

Adjective

collaborative (comparative more collaborative, superlative most collaborative)

1. Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.

Derived terms

• collaboratively
• collaborativeness

References

• “collaborative” in The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
• “collaborative” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
• "collaborative" in WordNet 3.0, Princeton University, 2006.

Noun

collaborative (plural collaboratives)

1. (management) An organized group of people or entities who collaborate towards a particular goal
   • 2004, Ann Page, Keeping Patients Safe^[1], ISBN 0309090679, page 153:

     These collaboratives would consist of a team of managers, researchers, and consultants from a variety of organizations whose aim would be to better understand problems in effective health care management […]

See also

• cooperative

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French

Adjective

collaborative f.

1. feminine singular of collaboratif

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Italian

Adjective

collaborative f. pl.

1. feminine plural of collaborativo