collaboration — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The act of collaborating.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   Collaboration can be a useful part of the creative process.

   During the interwar period, fascists proposed class collaboration as a response to communist class struggle.

2. A production or creation made by collaborating.

   Usage

   • Countable

   Examples

   The husband-and-wife artists will release their new collaboration in June this year.

   More examples (1)

   With the recent announcement of a Cinematic Universe being created as a collaboration between Henry Cavill (Oh God Emperor of the Nerds that he is) and a small production company called Amazon, plus the general increase in hobbying over the past few years, it’s never been so popular.

3. Treasonous cooperation.

   Usage

   • Uncountable

   Examples

   He has been charged with collaboration.

Noun

1. act of working jointly

   Synonyms

   coaction

   Broader terms

   cooperation

   Examples

   they worked either in collaboration or independently

2. act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country

   Synonyms

   collaborationismquislingism

   Broader terms

   cooperation