Past tense of collaborate
regular verb
The past tense of collaborate is collaborated. The past participle is also collaborated.
Forms of collaborate
| Base form (V1) | collaborate /kəˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | collaborated |
| Past participle (V3) | collaborated |
| Present participle | collaborating |
| Third person singular | collaborates |
Collaborated in a sentence
- The label has often collaborated with other designers, like Australian shoemaker Teva and American woolwear veteran Pendleton.2018 April 1, Cristian Bonetto, Lonely Planet Pocket Copenhagen, →ISBN, page 81. From the entry veteran
- Recently, some nyatiti performers have collaborated with guitarists in beautiful combined productions.2000, Radano/Bohlman, Music and the Racial Imagination, page 373. From the entry nyatiti
- He recently collaborated on a collection of traditional narratives and historical accounts in Tsúut'ínà and a Tsúut'ínà-to-English glossary.2025 June 5, “Canada Post to celebrate Indigenous leaders with fourth stamp set”, in Canada Post. From the entry Tsúut'ínà
- Then my friend Deborah Frances-White, with whom I’ve collaborated a lot on The Guilty Feminist, said: “I’ve written you this amazing part.”2023 August 13, Michael Hogan, quoting Susan Wokoma, “Actor Susan Wokoma: ‘We all want to be married to Emma Thompson, don’t we?’”, in The…. From the entry quiet-quit
- Patty Johnson, a Canadian designer, collaborated with Gaboronian Peter Mabeo to produce a line of contemporary furniture that is stunning in its simplicity.2008 May 27, Kelly Berman, “Report from NYC: All Things Bright and Beautiful”, in Elle Decoration SA. From the entry Gaboronian
Meaning of collaborate
- verb To work together with others to achieve a common goal.
- verb To voluntarily cooperate treasonably, as with an enemy occupation force in one's country.
Questions about the past tense of collaborate
- What is the past tense of collaborate?
- The past tense of collaborate is collaborated.
- What is the past participle of collaborate?
- The past participle of collaborate is collaborated.
- Is collaborate a regular or irregular verb?
- Collaborate is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: collaborate (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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