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# collaborative

adjective (collaborative; more collaborative, most collaborative)

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

## Everyday

1. Done by people working together, not alone: «a collaborative project». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/#m1)
2. Good at working with others or liking to share work: «a collaborative team». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school reports and lesson plans it describes group work: «collaborative learning», «collaborative writing», «a collaborative art piece». In science and business it describes shared research and teamwork. Phrases: «collaborative project», «collaborative learning», «collaborative effort», «in a collaborative way».

### Examples

- The mural was a collaborative project by the whole school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/#x1)
- Our class story was collaborative: everybody wrote one page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/#x2)
- Scientists say that most big discoveries are collaborative. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/#x3)
- The coach praised the team for its collaborative spirit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/#x4)
- We use a collaborative document so we can all type at the same time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/#x5)
- Building the robot was a collaborative effort. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/collaborative/#x6)

### Note

It comes from the verb «collaborate» with the ending -ive. Spelled with double l. The adverb is «collaboratively» (we worked collaboratively). Similar: cooperative, joint, shared. The opposite is individual or solo.

## On Mova

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