collaborate

[kuh-lab-uh-reyt] / kəˈlæb əˌreɪt /

VERB

work together

Synonyms

STRONGEST

collude conspire cooperate hook up participate

STRONG

coact concert concur

WEAK

be in cahoots cofunction come together coproduce do business with get-together give-and-take glue oneself to go partners hook on interface join forces join together join up with team up throw in together throw in with tie in work with

Antonyms

WEAK

disagree divorce part

Example Sentences

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"It will allow us to serve the touring ecology better, giving organisations the confidence they need to innovate, collaborate, and continue to tour and present brilliant work to audiences nationally and internationally."

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

The two countries must learn to collaborate to “prevent bad actors from gaining access to this next level of cyber capability,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 11, 2026

People close to the company said one of his priorities is having different divisions collaborate more quickly and efficiently.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

The US tech giant will collaborate with Japan's SoftBank Group and Sakura Internet to expand domestic tech infrastructure, it said in a press release.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

And so, within ten minutes of their meeting, Sudhir Venkatesh told Steven Levitt about the spiral notebooks from Chicago and they decided to collaborate on a paper.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

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