• I wanted to work with a group of dancers and artistic collaborators over a sustained period of time —dance website, 2002 [OEC].
Modern English usage. 2014.
collaborate — col‧lab‧o‧rate [kəˈlæbəreɪt] verb [intransitive] to work together with another person, company, or organization to achieve something: collaborate with • Firms are collaborating with other firms to spread rising research and development costs.… … Financial and business terms
collaborate — col·lab·o·rate /kə la bə ˌrāt/ vi rat·ed, rat·ing: to work jointly with others in some endeavor Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. collaborate … Law dictionary
collaborate — col*lab o*rate, v. i. 1. to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor; as, four chemists collaborated on the synthesis of the compound; three authors collaborated in writing the book. [PJC] 2. to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
collaborate — 1871, back formation from collaborator (1802), from Fr. collaborateur, from L. collaboratus, pp. of collaborare work with, from com with (see COM (Cf. com )) + labore to work (see LABOR (Cf. labor)). Given a bad sense in World War II. Related … Etymology dictionary
collaborate — [v] work together be in cahoots*, coact, cofunction, collude, come together, concert, concur, conspire, cooperate, coproduce, do business with, get together, glue oneself to*, go partners*, hook on, hook up*, interface, join forces, join together … New thesaurus
collaborate — ► VERB 1) work jointly on an activity or project. 2) cooperate traitorously with an enemy. DERIVATIVES collaboration noun collaborationist noun & adjective collaborative adjective collaborator noun. ORIGIN Latin collab … English terms dictionary
collaborate — [kə lab′ə rāt΄] vi. collaborated, collaborating [< LL(Ec) collaboratus, pp. of collaborare, to work together < L com , with + laborare, to work: see LABOR] 1. to work together, esp. in some literary, artistic, or scientific undertaking 2.… … English World dictionary
collaborate — col|lab|o|rate [kəˈlæbəreıt] v [Date: 1800 1900; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of collaborare, from [i]Latin com ( COM ) + laborare to work ] 1.) to work together with a person or group in order to achieve something, especially in… … Dictionary of contemporary English
collaborate */ — UK [kəˈlæbəreɪt] / US [kəˈlæbəˌreɪt] verb [intransitive] Word forms collaborate : present tense I/you/we/they collaborate he/she/it collaborates present participle collaborating past tense collaborated past participle collaborated 1) to work with … English dictionary
collaborate — v. (D; intr.) to collaborate in, on; with (to collaborate on a project with smb.) * * * [kə læbəreɪt] on with (to collaborate on a project with smb.) (D; intr.) to collaborate in … Combinatory dictionary
