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collaborative

Syllables: co·llab·o·ra·tive/kəˈlæb.ə.ɹə.tɪv/

collaborative adjective: of, relating to, or done by collaboration.

Adjective

collaborative (comparative more collaborative, superlative most collaborative)

  1. Of, relating to, or done by collaboration.
    • No need to thank me - it was a collaborative effort.

Noun

collaborative (plural collaboratives)

  1. An organized group of people or entities who collaborate towards a particular goal.
    • In the literature class, which is conducted by Prof. George J. Smith, lately of Central High School, and which is a collaborative of Dr. Farquhar's course, the students are pursuing their new course.1895, (no by-line), "In The Halls of Learning: Columbian University", The Evening Times (Washington, DC) (19 October 1895, page 2) -- this appears to be a unique usage; very difficult to find...
    • Concern over possible conflict between their collaborative and one set up a year ago ....1976, (no by-line), "Educational collaborative to hire full-time executive", The Birkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts (19 June 1976, page 6)

collaborative meaning in Marathi, Punjabi, Gujarati and Odia

collaborative in Marathi

सहयोगात्मक

collaborative in Punjabi

ਸਹਿਯੋਗੀ

collaborative in Gujarati

સહયોગાત્મક

collaborative in Odia

ସହଯୋଗାତ୍ମକ
More languagesFewer languages
collaborative in Indonesian
kolaboratif

Examples of collaborative in a sentence

  • The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. is the parent organization of the Wiktionary collaborative project.
  • But within that context, it was also loose, collaborative and great fun.
  • There are increasing examples of Indigenous-led research, and "two-way" collaborative research between scientists and Indigenous land custodians.

All 27 example sentences with collaborative

Forms of collaborative

Adjective
comparativemore collaborative
superlativemost collaborative
Noun
pluralcollaboratives

Origin of collaborative

From collaborate + -ive.

Words formed from collaborative

Phrases with collaborative

Questions about collaborative

What does collaborative mean?
Collaborative means of, relating to, or done by collaboration.
What is collaborative in Marathi?
Collaborative in Marathi is सहयोगात्मक. See Collaborative meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is collaborative?
Collaborative can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce collaborative?
Collaborative is pronounced /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹə.tɪv/.

Words near collaborative in the dictionary

  1. collaborationist régimes
  2. collaborationist state
  3. collaborationist states
  4. collaborationists
  5. collaborations
  6. collaborative
  7. collaborative authoring
  8. collaborative client
  9. collaborative clients
  10. collaborative creation
  11. collaborative economies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: collaborative (page history and authors); collaborative (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collaborative (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collaborative (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); collaborative (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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