collaboration
nounattested in dialogue
- Canada//kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən//
- Canada/[kʰəˌlæbəˈɹeɪ̯ʃən]/
- Australia//kəˌlæbəˈɹæɪʃən//
- Australia/[kʰəˌlæbəˈɹæɪ̯ʃən]/
The act of collaborating.
noun
- 1
The act of collaborating.
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.
- 2
A production or creation made by collaborating.
The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.
With the recent announcement of a Cinematic Universe being created as a collaboration between Henry Cavill (Oh God Emperor of the Nerds that he is) and a small production company called Amazon, plus the general increase in hobbying over the past few years, it’s never been so popular.
- 3
Treasonous cooperation.
He has been charged with collaboration.
Etymology
Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”). Morphologically collaborate + -ion.
Forms
- plural
- collaborations
collaboration · The act of collaborating.
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