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Webster 1913 Edition


Collaboration

Col-labˊo-ra′tion

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Noun.
1.
The act of working together; united labor.

Definition 2024


collaboration

collaboration

English

Noun

collaboration (plural collaborations)

  1. (uncountable) The act of collaborating.
    Collaboration can be a useful part of the creative process.
  2. (countable) A production or creation made by collaborating.
    The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.
  3. (uncountable) Treasonous cooperation.
    He has been charged with collaboration.

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Translations

References

  • collaboration” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000.
  • collaboration” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.0.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.
  • "collaboration" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

French

Etymology

From collaborer + -tion, from Late Latin collaboratio, from Latin com- (with) + labōrō (work).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.la.bɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
  • Rhymes: -sjɔ̃
  • Homophone: collaborations
  • Hyphenation: co‧lla‧bo‧ra‧tion

Noun

collaboration f (plural collaborations)

  1. collaboration