collaborateverb [ I ]
uk/kəˈlæb.ə.reɪt/us/kəˈlæb.ə.reɪt/collaborate verb [ I ] (WORK WITH)
C1 to work with someone else for a special purpose:
Two writers collaborated on the script for the film.
A German company collaborated with a Swiss firm to develop the product.
The British and Italian police collaborated in catching the terrorists.
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Helping and co-operating
- a good/bad turn idiom
- abet
- aid
- assist
- assistance
- avail
- bridge
- give sb a leg up idiom
- give/lend sb a helping hand idiom
- go a long way toward(s) doing sth idiom
- hang
- hang together
- platform
- reach
- run errands idiom
- scene
- see sb through sth
- share a platform idiom
- start sb off
- succour
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collaborate verb [ I ] (SUPPORT AN ENEMY)
disapproving to work with an enemy who has taken control of your own country:
Anyone who was suspected of collaborating with the occupying forces was arrested.
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Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
- adultery
- backstabber
- betray
- betrayal
- break ranks idiom
- collaboration
- 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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