kəˈlabəˌrāt, usu -ād.+V intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Late Latin collaboratus, past participle of collaborare to labor together, from Latin com- + laborare to labor
1. : to work jointly especially with one or a limited number of others in a project involving composition or research to be jointly accredited
Beaumont and Fletcher collaborated in writing plays
Sullivan collaborated with Gilbert to produce operettas
2. : to cooperate with or assist usually willingly an enemy of one's country (as an invading or occupying force)
Frenchmen who collaborated with the Nazis
3. : to cooperate usually willingly with an agency or instrumentality with which one is not immediately connected often in some political or economic effort
attempts of the West to collaborate with Russia
the two universities collaborate on library services