collaborationnoun
uk/kəˌlæb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/us/kəˌlæb.əˈreɪ.ʃən/collaboration noun (WORKING WITH)
C1 [ C or U ] the situation of two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing:
The two playwrights worked in close collaboration (with each other) on the script.
The new airport is a collaboration between two of the best architects in the country.
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Acting, being or existing together
- accompanying
- accord
- allied
- ally
- along
- alongside
- as one man idiom
- bosom
- formation
- gang
- gang up
- hand in glove idiom
- harness
- joint
- put sth together
- put their heads together idiom
- stand together
- swarm
- synergy
- tandem
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collaboration noun (HELPING AN ENEMY)
[ U ] disapproving the situation of people working with an enemy who has taken control of their country:
She was accused of collaboration.
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Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
- adultery
- backstabber
- betray
- betrayal
- break ranks idiom
- collaborate
- deserter
- desertion
- faithless
- false
- fifth column
- high treason
- inconstant
- sellout
- stab
- stab sb in the back idiom
- traitor
- treacherous
- treachery
- treason
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