collaboration
//kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən//
formalForms
- Plural
- collaborations
Definitions
1.The act of collaborating.
- Collaboration can be a useful part of the creative process.
- During the interwar period, fascists proposed class collaboration as a response to communist class struggle.
2.A production or creation made by collaborating.
- The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.
3.Treasonous cooperation.
- He has been charged with collaboration.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3944
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Originated 1855–60 from French collaboration, from Late Latin collaboratus + -ion, from Latin con- (“with”) + labōrō (“work”).
Morphologically collaborate + -ion.