COLLABORATE

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does collaborate mean? 

• COLLABORATE (verb)
  The verb COLLABORATE has 2 senses:

1. work together on a common enterprise of project
2. cooperate as a traitor

  Familiarity information: COLLABORATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLABORATE (verb)

Meaning:

Work together on a common enterprise of project

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

collaborate; cooperate; join forces; get together

Context examples:

The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well / We joined forces with another research group

Hypernyms (to "collaborate" is one way to...):

work (exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "collaborate"):

collaborate (cooperate as a traitor)

go along; play along (cooperate or pretend to cooperate)

Sentence frames:

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Meaning:

Cooperate as a traitor

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

he collaborated with the Nazis when they occupied Paris

Hypernyms (to "collaborate" is one way to...):

collaborate; cooperate; get together; join forces (work together on a common enterprise of project)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s