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The primary meaning of the verb, 'to work in conjunction with someone else', can still be used despite the sinister overtones it acquired when used of cooperation with the enemy during the second World War. This is true also of the agent noun collaborator:

I wanted to work with a group of dancers and artistic collaborators over a sustained period of time—dance website, 2002 [Old English (up to 1150)C].

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Working together on a project. See collaborative software, collaborative browsing, groupware and CSCW.

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verb

To work together toward a common end: cooperate. See conflict/cooperation.

v

Definition: work together
Antonyms: disagree, divorce, part

IN BRIEF: To labor or cooperate with another or others, especially in literary or scientific pursuits.

The composers will collaborate on the symphony for the coronation.

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For a list of words related to collaborator, see:

• Espionage and Intelligence - collaborator: traitor who works with enemy state
• Intrigues, Plots, and Corruption - collaborator: one who cooperates and assists in a scheme

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - samarbejde, samarbejde med fjenden

Nederlands (Dutch)
samenwerken, collaboreren, heulen

Français (French)
v. intr. - collaborer

Deutsch (German)
v. - zusammenarbeiten, kollaborieren

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συνεργάζομαι, συμπράττω, συνεργάζομαι με κατακτητή

Italiano (Italian)
collaborare, collaborare con

idioms:

• collaborate with    collaborare con

Português (Portuguese)
v. - colaborar

idioms:

• collaborate with    cooperar

Русский (Russian)
сотрудничать, пособничать

idioms:

• collaborate with    сотрудничать с

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - colaborar, cooperar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - samarbeta, kollaborera (pol.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
合作, 通敌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 合作, 通敵

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 공동으로 일하다, 협력하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 共同して仕事する, 協力する

idioms:

• collaborate with    協力する, 共同研究する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) اشترك أو تعاون مع, تعاون مع العدو‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮שיתף פעולה‬

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