collaboration

noun

col·​lab·​o·​ra·​tion kə-ˌla-bə-ˈrā-shən 

plural collaborations

1

: the act of collaborating or a situation marked by collaborating

either in collaboration or independently

the machinery of international collaboration

—Vera M. Dean

especially : collaborating with an enemy or an opposed group rather than struggling or resisting

a businessman accused of collaboration with the enemy

the collaboration of less militant unionists

2

: a product of collaboration

this play is a collaboration

Word History

Etymology

French, from Latin collaboratus (past participle of collaborare) + French -ion

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Rhymes for collaboration

• abbreviation
• abomination
• acceleration
• accentuation
• accommodation
• accreditation
• acculturation
• accumulation
• acetylation
• adjudication
• administration
• adulteration