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

Related forms
non·col·lab·o·ra·tion, noun
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collaboration (kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—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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Word Origin & History

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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Example sentences
In some ways, this collaboration kept communication open and may have
  contributed to the peace that followed.
So the project involved some thinking outside the box and lots of collaboration.
So far the financial performance of the collaboration has been disappointing.
All that was left to do was to test the new communications and collaboration
  system in its element-disaster scenarios.
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