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collaboration

[kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuhn] Origin

col·lab·o·ra·tion

[kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuhn]
noun
1.
the act or process of collaborating.
2.
a product resulting from collaboration: This dictionary is a collaboration of many minds.

Origin:
1855–60; < French < Late Latin collabōrāt(us) (see collaborate) + French -ion -ion

non·col·lab·o·ra·tion, noun
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collaboration (kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən)
 
n (often foll by on, with, etc)
1.  the act of working with another or others on a joint project
2.  something created by working jointly with another or others
3.  the act of cooperating as a traitor, esp with an enemy occupying one's own country
 
collaborationist
 
n

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collaboration
1860, noun of action from collaborate. In a bad sense, "tratorious cooperation with an occupying enemy," it is recorded from 1940; earliest references are to the Vichy Government of France.
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