different between collaborate vs synergize

English

Etymology

From collaborator, from French collaborateur, from Latin collaborare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??lab??e?t/
• Hyphenation: col?lab?or?ate

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.

Translations

See also

• collaborator
• collaboration

References

• “collaborate”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
• “collaborate” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "collaborate" in the Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary (Beta Version), K Dictionaries limited, 2000-2006.
• "collaborate" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

Italian

Verb

collaborate

1. second-person plural present indicative of collaborare
2. second-person plural imperative of collaborare

Participle

collaborate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of collaborare

Latin

Verb

collab?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of collab?r?

English

Alternative forms

• synergise

Etymology

1881. From synergy +? -ize.

Verb

synergize (third-person singular simple present synergizes, present participle synergizing, simple past and past participle synergized)

1. To act as a synergetic agent.

Translations