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Collaborate
//kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt// verb
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
"Let's collaborate on this project, and get it finished faster."
- 2 work together on a common enterprise or project wordnet
- 3 To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
"If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot."
- 4 cooperate as a traitor wordnet
Etymology
Back-formation from collaborator, from French collaborateur, or else modeled on French collaborer or directly from Late Latin collabōrātus, past participle of collabōrāre. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.
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