Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Collaboration has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
act of working jointly
"they worked either in collaboration or independently"
act of cooperating traitorously with an enemy that is occupying your country
"The resistance leader was arrested for his collaboration with the invading forces, who used him to locate other fighters."
The act of collaborating.
"The success of our latest project was due entirely to seamless collaboration between the design and engineering teams."
In plain English: Collaboration is when people work together on something to get it done better than they could alone.
"The success of the new app was due to the close collaboration between the designers and the engineers."
Usage: Collaboration refers to the process of two or more people working together on a shared project or goal. Use it to describe joint efforts where participants contribute ideas and labor toward a common outcome.
The word "collaboration" entered English between 1855 and 1860 from the French term collaboration. It originally combined the Latin roots for "with" and "to work," meaning joint effort or cooperative labor.