Meaning & use

Collaborates

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Works jointly with others, especially on an intellectual or creative project.

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The studio regularly collaborates with independent artists on new designs.

She collaborates closely with her research team to publish findings each year.

A note on using this word

Collaborate comes from the Latin collaborare, 'to labor together,' though during wartime it can also carry a negative sense of cooperating with an enemy.

Words with a similar meaning

cooperatespartnersteams up

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Words with an opposite meaning

works alone

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