From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcollaborationcol‧lab‧o‧ra‧tion /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/ ●○○ noun 1 TOGETHER[countable, uncountable] when you work together with another person or group to achieve something, especially in science or art The company is building the centre in collaboration with the Institute of Offshore Engineering.collaboration between a collaboration between the two theatrescollaboration with The project has involved collaboration with the geography department.2 BETRAY[uncountable] when someone gives help to a country that their country is fighting a war with, especially one that has taken control of their country
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collaboration• Is there evidence of actual collaboration among the elite in the formulation of preferred public policy?• Tensions continued but the opportunities to discuss and resolve them were improved by regular and closer collaboration.• A call for collaboration between the four Thames regions and higher education institutions is made.• This research is in collaboration with Lancaster University.• Tasks are designed that reward collaboration and teamwork, in academic and nonacademic areas.• He wanted to use the subsidiary as a totally clean slate and he wanted true collaboration from the beginning.collaboration with• Stromboli was Ingrid Bergman's first collaboration with director Roberto Rossellini.• At least 216 Palestinians have been jailed, most on suspicion of collaboration with Israel.From Longman Business Dictionarycollaborationcol‧lab‧o‧ra‧tion /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən/ noun1[countable, uncountable] the activity of working together with another person, company etc in order to achieve somethingMore collaboration between companies is needed to speed up the development of cleaner fuels for cars.The research was done by two university medical departments, working in collaboration with each other.2[countable]COMMERCE a piece of work that is produced by two or more people, companies etc working togetherThe software is a collaboration involving NGB Technologies and the Gas Research Institute. 