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- pronunciation:
- k
lae
b
reIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
collaborates, collaborating, collaborated |
| definition 1: |
to cooperate or work with someone else, esp. on an artistic or intellectual project.
A team of professors from five universities collaborated on the project.He collaborated with another composer on the film's musical score.- similar words:
- cooperate, coordinate
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| definition 2: |
to cooperate or work with an enemy force, esp. one occupying one's own country.
They suspected that the mayor of the village was collaborating with the enemy.After the war, some citizens took revenge on those who had collaborated with the former occupiers. |
| related words: |
assist, band, concur, conspire, help, organize, partner |
adverb + (v.)collaborate
actively, allegedly, currently, frequently, successfully
(v.)collaborate
+ adverb
closely, effectively, extensively, internationally, since
(v.)collaborate
+ noun
administrator,
archaeologist,
architect,
array,
artist,
biologist,
classroom,
collaboration,
colleague,
composer,
defeat,
designer,
document,
documentary,
enemy,
filmmaker,
iraqis,
jazz,
learner,
opera,
partner,
peer,
photographer,
physician,
producer,
professional,
project,
research,
scholar,
scientist,
screenplay,
script,
stakeholder,
teacher,
therapist
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| derivation: |
collaborator (n.) |
The word collaborate
contains the following parts:
col-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix col-
is an assimilated form of com- used before roots beginning with "l," such as "loc" and "lect." See com-.
Example words:
labor, laborat, lab
Latin
root
that means to work
Example words:
- synonyms:
- oper
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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