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col·lab·o·rate

(kə-lăb′ə-rāt′)
intr.v. col·lab·o·rat·ed, col·lab·o·rat·ing, col·lab·o·rates
1. To work together, especially in a joint intellectual effort.
2. To cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.

[Late Latin collabōrāre, collabōrāt- : Latin com-, com- + Latin labōrāre, to work (from labor, toil).]

col·lab′o·ra′tion n.
col·lab′o·ra′tive adj.
col·lab′o·ra′tor n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:collaborator - someone who assists in a plot]collaborator - someone who assists in a plot
accessary, accessory - someone who helps another person commit a crime
2. [画像:collaborator - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force]collaborator - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
traitor, treasonist - someone who betrays his country by committing treason
3. collaborator - an associate in an activity or endeavor or sphere of common interest; "the musician and the librettist were collaborators"; "sexual partners"
associate - a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor; "he had to consult his associate before continuing"
bridge partner - one of a pair of bridge players who are on the same side of the game
dancing partner - one of a pair of people who dance together
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collaborator

noun
1. co-worker, partner, colleague, associate, team-mate, confederate My wife was an important collaborator on the novel.
2. traitor, turncoat, quisling, collaborationist, fraternizer Two alleged collaborators were shot dead by masked activists.
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Translations
مُتَعاوِن
kolaborantspolupracovník
kollaboratørmedarbejdersamarbejdspartner
ellenséggel együttmûködõkollaboránsközremûködõ
samstarfsmaîur
spolupracovník
hain işbirliği yapan

collaborator

[kəˈlæbəreɪtəʳ] Ncolaborador(a) m/f (Pol) → colaboracionista mf
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collaborator

[kəˈlæbəreɪtər] n
(= co-worker) → collaborateur/trice m/f
(pejorative) (secret)collaborateur/trice m/f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

collaborator

n
Mitarbeiter(in) m(f)
(with enemy) → Kollaborateur(in) m(f)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

collaborator

[kəˈlæbəˌreɪtəʳ] n (on project) → collaboratore/trice (pej) (with enemy) → collaborazionista m/f
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

collaborate

(kəˈlӕbəreit) verb
1. to work together (with someone) on a piece of work. He and his brother collaborated on a book about aeroplanes. saamwerk يَتَعاوَن مَع работя съвместно colaborar spolupracovat zusammenarbeiten samarbejde συνεργάζομαι colaborar koostööd tegema همکاری کردن tehdä yhteistyötä collaborer לַעֲבוֹד יָחַד सहयोग करना surađivati közösen dolgozik vmin kerjasama vinna saman collaborare 共同して働く 협조하다 drauge dirbti sadarboties; līdzdarboties bekerjasama samenwerken samarbeide współpracować مړسته کول colaborar a colabora сотрудничать spolupracovať sodelovati sarađivati samarbeta ร่วมมือ birlikte çalışmak 合作 співробітничати مل کر کام کرنا cộng tác 合作
2. to work along (with someone) to betray secrets etc. He was known to have collaborated with the enemy. heul يَتَعاوَنُ مَعِ العَدو сътруднича colaborar kolaborovat zusammenarbeiten samarbejde; kollaborere συνεργάζομαι colaborar kollaboreerima با دشمن همدستی کردن toimia vihollisen kanssa collaborer לְשָתֵף פְּעוּלָה द्रोह कर शत्रु से मिल जाना surađivati kollaborál berkhianat vinna með collaborare (敵に) 協力する (적 등에) 동조하다 bendradarbiauti, kolaboruoti sadarboties (ar ienaidnieku) bersubahat collaboreren samarbeide, kollaborere współpracować په دښمن کی مرسته کول colaborar a colabora сотрудничать с врагом kolaborovať kolaborirati sarađivati samarbeta, kollaborera สมคบกับศัตรู işbirliği yapmak 勾結 співробітничати з ворогом رازوں کو چوری کرنے کے لئے مل کر کام کرنا cộng tác với địch 勾结
colˌlaboˈration noun
samewerking تَعاوُن сътрудничество colaboração spolupráce; kolaborace die Zusammenarbeit samarbejde; kollaboration συνεργασία colaboración koostöö, kollaboratsioon همکاری yhteistyö collaboration שִיתוּף פְּעוּלָה सहयोग surađivanje együttműködés kolaborasi samstarf collaborazione 協力 협조, 공조 bendradarbiavimas, kolaboravimas sadarbība kerjasama samenwerking, collaboratie samarbeid współpraca مرسته colaboração colaborare сотрудничество spolupráca sodelovanje saradnja samarbete, kollaboration การร่วมมือ işbirliği 合作 співробітництво, сумісна праця ہم کاری sự cộng tác 合作
colˈlaborator noun
medehelper مُتَعاوِن сътрудник colaborador spolupracovník; kolaborant der/die Mitarbeiter(in), der Kollaborateur medarbejder; samarbejdspartner; kollaboratør συνεργάτης colaborador kaastöötaja, kollaboratsionist همکار yhteistyökumppani collaborateur/-trice מְשָתֵף פְּעוּלָה सहयोगी suradnik munkatárs, közreműködő; ellenséggel együttműködő (személy) kolaborator samstarfsmaður collaboratore, collaboratrice 共同研究者 협력자, 공조자 bendradarbis, kolaborantas līdzstrādnieks; kolaboracionists rakan usaha sama medewerker, collaborateur samarbeidspartner, medarbeider współpracownik همکار colaborador colaborator сотрудник spolupracovník, -čka sodelavec saradnik medarbetare, kollaboratör ผู้ร่วมมือ işbirliği yapan, hain 合作者 співробітник ہم کاری کرنے والا người cộng tác 合作者
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The effect produced by my news convinced me that his affection for his young collaborator was cordial enough, and this emboldened me to make reply as I did.
(We observe the same thing in children to-day, whose usage in this particular is a striking and beautiful instance of the law that the infancy of individuals reproduces the methods and stages of development characterizing the infancy of races.) In the work of these primitive scribes all the punctuation is found, by the modern investigator with his optical instruments and chemical tests, to have been inserted by the writers' ingenious and serviceable collaborator, the common house-fly -- Musca maledicta .
His energy and interest must soon have won him the opportunity to show his skill as actor and also reviser and collaborator in play-writing, then as independent author; and after the first few years of slow progress his rise was rapid.
I like George, but I cannot permit him to pose in any way as my collaborator. George has old-fashioned ideas.
It was called simply The Life-Book of Captain Jim, and on the title page the names of Owen Ford and James Boyd were printed as collaborators. The frontispiece was a photograph of Captain Jim himself, standing at the door of the lighthouse, looking across the gulf.
I daresay we sighed, but never were collaborators more prepared for rejection, and though my mother might look wistfully at the scorned manuscript at times and murmur,
In fact, the youth looked upon the playwright as a great author, and it was to Sebastien that du Bruel said, the day after a first representation of a vaudeville produced, like all vaudevilles, by three collaborators, "The audience preferred the scenes written by two."
He was liked by his collaborators on account of his carefulness; the man with brains, sure of being understood, could cross his arms and feel that his ideas would be well rendered.
Collaborators came in various shades !-- -- Filipinos hate enemy collaborators for blighting history.
"The leader of the mission contacted a collaborator in Turkey to secure a safe location in case force had to be used return the victim.
project managers can remove a collaborator whenever theyd like.
VIP room gaming promoters and collaborator currently participate in the promotion of five major luxury VIP gaming facilities in Macau, China.

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