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Added 9 October 2026

collaborate

/kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ verb

Latin root: collabōrātus Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about collaborate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
Let's collaborate on this project, and get it finished faster.
To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot.

Origin

Back-formation from collaborator, from French collaborateur, or else modeled on French collaborer or directly from Late Latin collabōrātus, past participle of collabōrāre. Displaced native Old English efnwyrċan.

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