2. the act of willingly cooperating with an enemy, especially an enemy nation occupying one's own country. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
collaboration — [ kɔ(l)labɔrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1829; « travaux d un couple » 1753; bas lat. collaborare → collaborer 1 ♦ Travail en commun, action de collaborer avec qqn. La collaboration d un spécialiste à une revue, à un journal. Livre écrit en collaboration. ⇒… … Encyclopédie Universelle
collaboration — col‧lab‧o‧ra‧tion [kəˌlæbəˈreɪʆn] noun 1. [countable, uncountable] the activity of working together with another person, company etc in order to achieve something: • More collaboration between companies is needed to speed up the development of… … Financial and business terms
collaboration — 1860, from Fr. collaboration, noun of action from L. collaborare (see COLLABORATE (Cf. collaborate)). In a bad sense, tratorious cooperation with an occupying enemy, it is recorded from 1940; earliest references are to the Vichy Government of… … Etymology dictionary
collaboration — index bad faith, coaction, collusion, concert, conformity (agreement), connivance, contribution (pa … Law dictionary
collaboration — [n] cooperation alliance, association, collusion, combination, concert, fraternization, joint effort, participation, partnership, teamwork, working together; concept 110 Ant. noncooperation … New thesaurus
Collaboration — For other uses, see Collaboration (disambiguation). See also: Co operation; Coordination. Collaboration is working together to achieve a goal.[1] It is a recursive[2] process where two or more people or organizations work together to realize… … Wikipedia
collaboration — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ active, close ▪ effective, fruitful, happy, successful ▪ interdisciplinary, international … Collocations dictionary
collaboration — 01. The musical [collaboration] of John Lennon and Paul McCartney produced some of the most popular songs of our era. 02. [Collaboration] between the various levels of government has made everything much easier. 03. Celebrities who write their… … Grammatical examples in English
collaboration — [[t]kəlæ̱bəre͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] collaborations 1) N VAR: oft N with n, N between pl n, in N Collaboration is the act of working together to produce a piece of work, especially a book or some research. There is substantial collaboration with… … English dictionary
Collaboration — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Collaboration désigne d une façon générale l acte de collaborer. Processus où deux ou plusieurs personnes s’associent pour réaliser un travail avec des… … Wikipédia en Français
