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Antonyms for collaboration


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kuh-lab-uh-rey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : kəˌlæb əˈreɪ ʃən



Definition of collaboration

Origin :
  • 1860, from French collaboration, noun of action from Latin collaborare (see collaborate). In a bad sense, "tratorious cooperation with an occupying enemy," it is recorded from 1940; earliest references are to the Vichy Government of France.
  • noun cooperation
Example sentences :
  • Now and then, especially in the case83 of religious works, there was collaboration.
  • Extract from : « Early Theories of Translation » by Flora Ross Amos
  • Her first work was a collaboration with Jules95 Sandeau in a novel.
  • Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 » by Elbert Hubbard
  • Here possibly we have a key to the purpose of the collaboration.
  • Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 17, 1914 » by Various
  • Beyle himself recognized the necessity of the reader's collaboration.
  • Extract from : « A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 » by George Saintsbury
  • Can this be because the jewel of the pampas dispenses with the father's collaboration?
  • Extract from : « The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles » by Jean Henri Fabre
  • Their collaboration upon a book only added plausibility to her surmise.
  • Extract from : « Otherwise Phyllis » by Meredith Nicholson
  • Nor does she regard their effort at collaboration as a success from the standpoint of art.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain » by Archibald Henderson
  • But the right way to do it is to instill the idea of collaboration.
  • Extract from : « The Armed Forces Officer » by U. S. Department of Defense
  • In this also I had the collaboration of a fellow-teacher, Louis Cowen by name.
  • Extract from : « The Idler Magazine, Volume III., July 1893 » by Various
  • During these years he worked in collaboration with other dramatists.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 7 » by Various

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