From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcollaboratecol‧lab‧o‧rate /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] 1 TOGETHERto work together with a person or group in order to achieve something, especially in science or art → collaboratorcollaborate on The two nations are collaborating on several satellite projects.collaborate with During the late seventies, he collaborated with the legendary Muddy Waters.collaborate to do something Researchers are collaborating to develop the vaccine.collaborate in (doing) something Elephants collaborate in looking after their young.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say they work together on something rather than collaborate on something:They are working together on some new songs.2 BETRAYto help a country that your country is fighting a war with, especially one that has taken control of your country → collaboratorcollaborate with Vigilantes began combing the city for anyone known to have collaborated with the enemy.→ See Verb table
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collaborate• At issue is a coffee table book chronicling 24-hours in cyberspace on which Smolan and the Media Lab were to collaborate.• Those suspected of collaborating during the occupation were tried and shot• Children have choices in literary activities; they collaborate in pairs, in small groups, and with their teachers.• Educators and employers need to collaborate in preparing the next generation for employment and adulthood.• Second, there is the inclination of followers in some circumstances to collaborate in their own deception.• They're referring, of course, to his brother Edgar, with whom he has collaborated often in the past.• In other words the members would also begin to collaborate on foreign policy matters.• Researchers in Stanford and Princeton collaborated to manufacture a completely new waterproof textile.• How can employees and their managers collaborate to soften the inevitable collisions between work and those other roles?• Hewlett Packard collaborated with Nokia to produce the palmtop-telephone.• Fellini collaborated with Rossellini on the script of the film.• He was imprisoned in 1945 for collaborating with the enemy.• The importance of collaborating with the patient's general practitioner is emphasized.collaborate in (doing) something• Joe sat down at his portable typewriter and pecked out the words as Wallace and Vincent collaborated in dictating the message.• The group also collaborate in offering food to the young still in the nest.• Children have choices in literary activities; they collaborate in pairs, in small groups, and with their teachers.• The police often collaborate in producing an expectancy effect.• It collaborates in prototype development and is testing a variety of gasifiers with its transport and planting fleets.• Second, there is the inclination of followers in some circumstances to collaborate in their own deception.• Rosenfeld and Saul Bellow used to collaborate in translating Eliot into Yiddish.• Insurance companies may collaborate in working out loss probabilities and this leads to uniformity in premium rates.From Longman Business Dictionarycollaboratecol‧lab‧o‧rate /kəˈlæbəreɪt/ verb [intransitive] to work together with another person, company, or organization to achieve somethingcollaborate withFirms are collaborating with other firms to spread rising research and development costs.collaborate onThey will collaborate on a series of research projects.→ See Verb tableOrigin collaborate (1800-1900) Late Latin past participle of collaborare, from Latin com- ( → COM-) + laborare “to work” 