Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • intransitive verb To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.
  • intransitive verb To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To work with another or others; coöperate with another or others in doing or producing something; especially, to work with another in a literary production or a scientific investigation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • intransitive verb to work together with another toward a common goal, especially in an intellectual endeavor.
  • intransitive verb to willingly cooperate with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
  • verb To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • verb work together on a common enterprise of project
  • verb cooperate as a traitor

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Late Latin collabōrāre, collabōrāt- : Latin com-, com- + Latin labōrāre, to work (from labor, toil).]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From collaborator, from French collaborateur, from Latin collaborare

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