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- pronunciation:
- k
lae
b
reIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
collaborates, collaborating, collaborated |
| definition: |
to work with someone else on a project.
They collaborated on planning the party.- similar words:
- cooperate
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| related words: |
band, conspire, organize |
adverb + (v.)collaborate
actively, currently, frequently, successfully
(v.)collaborate
+ adverb
closely, internationally, since
(v.)collaborate
+ noun
administrator,
archaeologist,
architect,
array,
artist,
classroom,
colleague,
composer,
defeat,
designer,
document,
documentary,
enemy,
jazz,
learner,
opera,
partner,
peer,
photographer,
physician,
producer,
professional,
project,
research,
scholar,
scientist,
script,
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, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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