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collaboration
[ kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act or process of working together or cooperating:
Chat tools provide opportunity for real-time collaboration and dialogue.
- a product resulting from working together or cooperating:
This dictionary is a collaboration of many minds.
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- non·col·lab·o·ra·tion noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of collaboration1
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Example Sentences
The offering is that “you’re going to be working with Justin and Robin,” he says, as a direct collaboration to help your company succeed.
Democrats have watched the effects of the coronavirus pandemic and concluded that more cooperation and collaboration with other nations is needed to solve global issues, a view shared by 80 percent of those who identify themselves as Democrats.
It took an international collaboration between Martienssen’s group at Cold Spring Harbor Lab and their colleagues at the Malaysian Palm Oil Board nearly 20 years to unravel the mystery of the mantled fruit.
That’s one of the questions Sarah Paulson and Ryan Murphy are tackling in their latest collaboration, “Ratched.”
Drag Out the Vote, a nonpartisan nonprofit organization, works in collaboration with hundreds of drag performers in every state to “drag” their communities to the polls this fall.
Each individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities.
Sales keep rising though a recent collaboration with Dallas designer Stanley Korshak ended in tears.
He is currently working with Vans for an upcoming collaboration.
As mentioned, Yahoo has a black stain on its collaboration and severe breach of privacy.
Piece Co. will then seamlessly source the artisans and be your liaison for collaboration.
It is well known that Prud'hon and his pupil painted many pictures in collaboration.
Madame Nourrisson found them all three as serious as authors whose collaboration does not meet with the success it deserves.
Writing in collaboration with his friend Steele he gave his paper a world-wide popularity.
This is the whole story of the book's origin; so far, at least, as the collaboration is concerned.
In her pleasant Memoirs, written in collaboration with her husband, she has quite forgotten to give us the date of her birth.
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More About Collaboration
What does collaboration mean?
Collaboration is the act of working together, especially on a goal or shared project.
It can also be used to refer to a product of collaboration, as in The new single is a collaboration from the two pop stars.
Collaboration is the noun form of the verb collaborate, meaning to work together.
Collaboration is often used in a positive context to refer to two or more parties successfully working together on professional or artistic projects. It often implies not just cooperation but sharing and developing of each other’s ideas.
Such a joint effort can be described with the adjective collaborative. People who collaborate are called collaborators.
Collaboration can also be used in a much more specific way referring to cooperation as a traitor with enemy forces in one’s own country. This is much less commonly used than its general sense.
Example: This project would not have happened without close collaboration between all the departments.
Where does collaboration come from?
The first records of the word collaboration come from around 1860. It ultimately derives from the Latin verb collabōrāre. The prefix col- is a variant of com-, meaning “together.” At the heart of the word is labor, meaning “work.”
Collaboration can be used in any context in which people work together: art, business, education—the collaborative possibilities are endless. The word is often used to refer to a creative give-and-take, such as a collaboration between two artists to paint a mural, or to a joint professional undertaking, such as collaboration between different departments on a report. It’s typically used in the context of some project or goal, whereas the word cooperation is often used more broadly.
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What are some other forms of collaboration?
- collaborate (verb)
- collaborative (adjective)
- collaboratively (adverb)
What are some synonyms for collaboration?
What are some words that share a root or word element with collaboration?
What are some words that often get used in discussing collaboration?
How is collaboration used in real life?
Collaboration can be used for many different situations, and is particularly associated with cooperative processes that are creative or artistic.
Ahead of the release of "Chromatica" tonight, @LadyGaga dropped her collaboration with #Blackpink, ‘Sour Candy’ – listen to it here https://t.co/c8bjYkkLZQ
— Variety (@Variety) May 28, 2020
Introducing the #ABetterTomorrow collection, a collaboration between @JimWatsonOttawa and @WuTangClan @36ChambersALC. The Collection includes three products that will collectively benefit @OttawaFoodBank, @OttawaMission and @CHEO. Shop here: https://t.co/JZkazxitBx. #ottcity pic.twitter.com/5hqUWldjZg
— CTVMorningLiveOttawa (@CTVOttMornLive) May 20, 2020
That's the piece that sticks with me as well. I feel more collaboration and less confrontation generally makes for a better outcome.
— Doug Sartori (@doug_sartori) May 28, 2020
Try using collaboration!
Which of the following words is LEAST likely to be used in reference to a successful collaboration?
A. collective
B. uncooperative
C. joint
D. coordinating
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