Definition of COLLABORATION

collaboration

Plural: collaborations

Noun

  • act of working jointly
    • "they worked either in collaboration or independently"
  • act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country
  • The act of collaborating.
  • A production or creation made by collaborating.
  • Treasonous cooperation.

Examples

  • Collaboration can be a useful part of the creative process.
  • During the interwar period, fascists proposed class collaboration as a response to communist class struggle.
  • He has been charged with collaboration.
  • The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.

Origin / Etymology

Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”).
Morphologically collaborate + -ion

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