collaboration

Everyday

1. Working together with others to make or do something. tree →
2. A piece of work made by people working together. tree →
3. (history, negative) Helping an enemy who has taken over your country, especially in a war. tree →

In the lessons

Very common in school (group work, collaboration on projects), science (scientists' collaboration) and music (a collaboration between singers). In history, collaboration can mean helping the enemy, which is seen as wrong. Phrases: in collaboration with, close collaboration, a collaboration between.

Examples

• Our class mural was a collaboration between all the pupils. tree →
• The project was made in collaboration with the local museum. tree →
• Good collaboration means listening to each other. tree →
• The two singers released a collaboration. tree →
• Scientists around the world worked in collaboration. tree →
• Collaboration helps us solve bigger problems. tree →
• In the war, collaboration with the enemy was punished. tree →
• The best of Perrault's critics, Paul de St Victor and Andrew Lang among others, see in the book a marvellous collaboration of crabbed age and youth. tree →

Note

Uncountable for the idea, countable for a piece of work (a collaboration). Verb: collaborate; person: collaborator. Similar: teamwork, cooperation. Spelling: double l, one b.