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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Its operators signed an agreement earlier this year with the Port of Antwerp-Bruges in Belgium to collaborate on design, business development and future trade.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

Foreign carmakers like Volkswagen, Toyota and Ford, which once dominated China's car market, are struggling to keep pace and some are choosing to collaborate with local firms.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

Later, she is assigned to collaborate on a guidebook and write a term paper.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Don Luskin nearby offers one way the two institutions could collaborate in a new Accord to shrink the balance sheet, but there are others.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 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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