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collaborates

collaborates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of collaborate.

Meaning of collaborate

Verb

collaborate (third-person singular simple present collaborates, present participle collaborating, simple past and past participle collaborated)

  1. To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
    • Let's collaborate on this project, and get it finished faster.
  2. To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
    • If you collaborate with the occupying forces, you will be shot.

Questions about collaborates

What is collaborates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Collaborates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of collaborate.

Words near collaborates in the dictionary

  1. collaboed
  2. collaboing
  3. collaborate
  4. collaborated
  5. collaboratedly
  6. collaborates
  7. collaborateur
  8. collaborateurs
  9. collaborating
  10. collaboration
  11. collaborational

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Adapted from Wiktionary: collaborates (page history and authors); collaborate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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