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to collaborate with

to collaborate with

42 4.2
To work together with other people, groups, or tools to do something
  • phrasal verb
  • /kəˈlæbəˌreɪt wɪð/
translation icon : colaborar con
  • Do you ever collaborate with other teachers by doing theme-based lessons/units or co-teaching?
  • collaborate with others
  • collaborate with teachers
  • collaborate with colleagues

But we can talk with children and collaborate with them, but also have boundaries.

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Examples

  • Web 2.0 technologies are a great way for students to interact and collaborate with one another.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The team decided to collaborate with other departments to improve project outcomes.

  • And I want to collaborate with more people and I want to do events.

    Evan Carmichael

  • We're here to ask you to collaborate with the United States government.

    Wasp Network (2020)

  • Which meant it was time to collaborate with local law enforcement.

    Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made (2020)

  • But I do want to note that we are collaborating with strong female partners.

  • We have been collaborating with our network.

    The Black Pimpernel (2007)

  • We started collaborating with people just 'cause it opened up a new way of making music.

    Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams (2018)

  • Let us know what guest you'd like to see, who we should collaborate with this year.

  • Teachers are collaborating with other teachers and teacher-librarians within their school districts and around the world.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to work together
vsto collaborate with
728 2.7

To do something with other people to reach the same goal

includes partnering with organizations or tools as well as people
to cooperate
vsto collaborate with
543 3.3

To work together with other people to reach the same goal

includes working with organizations or tools as partners, not just people
to coordinate
vsto collaborate with
325 4.1

To arrange people or activities so they work well together

involves active joint effort with partners rather than merely arranging tasks
to come together
vsto collaborate with
274 2.7

Join with others to work for the same goal

focuses on active joint effort, not only on gathering or forming groups
to collaborate
vsto collaborate with
96 4.6

To work with other people to reach a shared goal

also applies when involving organizations or tools, not just people
to team up
vsto collaborate with
95 2.5

Join with other people or groups to work together on a goal

applies to any cooperative action, not only short informal arrangements
to join forces
vsto collaborate with
57 3.4

To work together with others to achieve a common goal

emphasizes combining strength and resources rather than simple cooperation
to join hands
vsto collaborate with
24 2.7

To work together with others for the same goal

is neutral and can include non human partners, not only friendly human solidarity
to go in with
vsto collaborate with
22 3.5

Join someone to share a project or investment

is broader and covers general cooperative work beyond single projects
to ally with
vsto collaborate with
12 4.0

To join with another person or group to work together for the same goal

is broader and includes informal or technical cooperation, not only formal alliances
to synergize
vsto collaborate with
2 6.7

To work together with others to get better results than alone

does not promise a multiplied outcome, only joint effort to reach a goal
to create synergy
vsto collaborate with
  • Jargon
4.7

Help people or groups work together to achieve more than they do alone

focuses on generating extra combined value, not merely participating together

Antonyms

to oppose
∞ 2.9

To be against something and try to stop it

How Collaborative

to collaborate with
42 4.2
to coordinate
325 4.1
to consult
292 3.5

Surface Forms

collaborate with infinitive
collaborated with past
collaborated with past participle
collaborating with present participle
collaborates with third person singular

Morphology

collaborate + with

The meaning is directly built from 'collaborate' (to work together) plus the preposition 'with' (together/alongside), so a B1 learner who knows both words can readily infer 'to work together with X'. This construction follows a transparent, cross-linguistic pattern (partner marked by 'with') and involves no idiomatic shift.

Etymology

Collaborate with gives a simple image: people sitting side by side, sharing tools and ideas as they work together. Here collaborate is like 'work together' and with shows who you are working beside, so the phrase means 'to work together'.