Word of the Day:

February 11, 2022

collaborate

verb kuh-LAB-uh-rayt

What it Means

Collaborate means "to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor." It can also mean "to cooperate with or willingly assist an enemy of one's country and especially an enemy who occupies it during a war."

// Several research teams from various countries collaborated on the project.

// It was discovered that the government agent collaborated with the enemy for years.

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Collaborate in Context

"He is interested in teaching students how to collaborate on productions and expand their film knowledge." — Paris Barraza, The Iowa City Press-Citizen, 5 Jan. 2022

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Did You Know?

The Latin prefix com-, meaning "with, together, or jointly," is a bit of a chameleon—it has a tricky habit of changing its appearance depending on what it's next to. If the word it precedes begins with l, com- becomes col- (as in colleague, collect, and collide). In the case of collaborate, com- teamed up with laborare ("to labor") to form Late Latin collaborare ("to labor together").