collaborative

English

Etymology

collaborate +‎ -ive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹə.tɪv/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: co‧llab‧o‧ra‧tive

Adjective

collaborative (comparative more collaborative, superlative most collaborative)

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

   No need to thank me - it was a collaborative effort.

Derived terms

• collaborative authoring
• collaborative client
• collaborative creation
• collaborative economy
• collaboratively
• collaborativeness
• collaborative project management
• collaborative software

 

Translations

of, relating to, or done by collaboration

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: samarbejdende
• Esperanto: kunlabora
• Finnish: yhteistyö- (fi)
• French: collaboratif (fr)
• Galician: colaborador m
• Greek: συλλογικός (el) (syllogikós), συνεργατικός (el) (synergatikós)
• Polish: wspólny (pl)
• Portuguese: colaborativo (pt)
• Russian: совме́стный (ru) (sovméstnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: kolaborativni, suradnički (sh)

References

• “collaborative”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “collaborative”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "collaborative" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Noun

collaborative (plural collaboratives)

1. (management) An organized group of people or entities who collaborate towards a particular goal
   • 1895, (no by-line), "In The Halls of Learning: Columbian University", The Evening Times (Washington, DC) (19 October 1895, page 2) -- this appears to be a unique usage; very difficult to find non-adjectival uses prior to the 1970s

     In the literature class, which is conducted by Prof. George J. Smith, lately of Central High School, and which is a collaborative of Dr. Farquhar's course, the students are pursuing their new course.

   • 1976, (no by-line), "Educational collaborative to hire full-time executive", The Birkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts (19 June 1976, page 6)

     Concern over possible conflict between their collaborative and one set up a year ago ....

   • 2004, Ann Page, Keeping Patients Safe‎^[1], →ISBN, 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 […]

   • 2018, Applied Clinical Trials Editors, “CTTI Selected to Support FDA Efforts to Increase Patient Engagement”, in Applied Clinical Trials:

     This collaborative aims at discussing ways in which patients can participate in the FDA's regulatory discussions about medical products.

See also

• cooperative

French

Adjective

collaborative

1. feminine singular of collaboratif

Italian

Adjective

collaborative

1. feminine plural of collaborativo