C1verb · intransitive · rare

collaborate

col·lab·or·ate

collaborate · collaborates · collaborated · collaborating

співпрацювати

сотрудничать, сотрудничать с врагом, кооперировать

zusammenarbeiten, mit dem Feind zusammenarbeiten, kollaborieren

To work together with others to achieve a common goalTo work together with others to achieve a common goal.

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/kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/

» Tom was accused of collaborating with the enemy.

Tom wurde beschuldigt, mit dem Feind zu kollaborieren.

Тома обвинили в сотрудничестве с противником.

Тома звинуватили у співпраці з ворогом.

Meaning

2 senses

To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
Let's collaborate on this project, and get it finished faster.
Wikipedia is a website where anyone can collaborate.
zusammenarbeiten
сотру́дничатьsotrúdničatʹ, коопери́роватьkooperírovatʹ
співпрацюва́тиspivpracjuváty
work together on a common enterprise or project
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.
kollaborieren, mit dem Feind zusammenarbeiten
сотру́дничать с враго́мsotrúdničatʹ s vragóm

Examples

67 sentences

Tom was accused of collaborating with the enemy.
Тома звинуватили у співпраці з ворогом. — deniko
ruТома обвинили в сотрудничестве с противником. — astyng
deTom wurde beschuldigt, mit dem Feind zu kollaborieren. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Maybe we could collaborate.
Можливо, ми змогли б співпрацювати. — deniko
deVielleicht können wir zusammenarbeiten. — dasbeispielholz
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Tom collaborated with Mary on that.
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Who will Tom be collaborating with?
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Are Tom and Mary still collaborating?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to work together on a piece of work:

Русский

By meaning 2

to work together on a piece of work:

to cooperate treasonably:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to work together on a piece of work:

to cooperate treasonably:

Origin

Back-formation from collaborator, from French collaborateur, or else modeled on French col

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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Forms

collaborates, collaborating, collaborated, collaborated

Base form	collaborate · to collaborate
3rd person singular	collaborates
Present participle	collaborating
Past simple	collaborated
Past participle	collaborated