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col·lab·o·rate [ kə lábbə ràyt ] (past and past participle col·lab·o·rat·ed, present participle col·lab·o·rat·ing, 3rd person present singular col·lab·o·rates)

intransitive verb

Definition:

1. work with others: to work with another person or group in order to achieve something

2. work with enemy: to betray others by working with an enemy, especially an occupying force

[Late 19th century. < late Latin collaborat-, past participle of collaborare "work together" < Latin labor "toil"]

col·lab·o·ra·tive [ kə lábbə ràytiv, kə lábbərətiv ] adjective

col·lab·o·ra·tive·ly adverb

col·lab·o·ra·tor noun

Word Usage


	collaborate or corroborate? Collaborate means "to work with others in order to achieve something": Two authors collaborated on the biography. Corroborate means "to present evidence in support of the truth of something": As any language teacher can corroborate, spelling and grammar are important. The two words are not interchangeable.

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