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# collaborate

verb (collaborate, collaborates, collaborated, collaborating)

«collaborate» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To work together with other people to make something or reach a shared goal: «We collaborated on the poster». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#m1)
2. (history, negative) To help an enemy who has taken over your country, especially in a war: «Some people collaborated with the invaders». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, teachers ask pupils to collaborate in group work, science projects and team problem-solving; it is a key skill for scientists, artists and engineers. In history lessons the second, negative sense describes people who helped occupying armies, as in the Second World War. Phrases: «collaborate with someone», «collaborate on a project», «collaborate closely».

### Examples

- Our class collaborated with another school to make a newspaper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#x1)
- The two authors collaborated on a book about dinosaurs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#x2)
- Scientists from many countries collaborated to build the space station. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#x3)
- In maths we collaborated to solve the puzzle in pairs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#x4)
- Musicians collaborate when they write a song together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#x5)
- In the war, some people were punished for collaborating with the enemy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#x6)
- Let's collaborate instead of arguing about whose idea is best. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/#x7)

### Note

Spelled with double l: col-LAB-or-ate. You collaborate WITH a person ON a thing. The noun is «collaboration» and a person who collaborates is a «collaborator» (in history this can be an insult meaning a traitor). Do not confuse with «corroborate», which means to support or confirm a story with evidence.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «collaborate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«collaborate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/collaborate.html) on Mova free.