collaborated

Collaborated is the past tense form of the verb collaborate, meaning to work jointly with others toward a shared goal. It denotes participants contributing to a project or task in a coordinated and often integrated way. The word derives from Latin collabōrāre, from com- “together” and labor “to work.” In use, collaborators typically engage in joint planning, decision-making, and creation, and the phrasing commonly follows with or on: "The researchers collaborated with international partners on the study," or "The teams collaborated on the redesign."

In general, collaboration implies a close or sustained partnership that produces a common result, often involving shared ownership of outcomes such as ideas, authorship, or artifacts. It is frequently contrasted with cooperation, which can be looser or more incidental. Collaboration is common across academia, industry, the arts, journalism, and government, including cross-disciplinary research, co-authored papers, joint product development, and public policy initiatives. The term can also appear in everyday contexts, such as collaborative problem solving within organizations or communities.

The word has mixed connotations in some historical contexts. While it is usually positive, “collaborator” can carry a negative or stigmatizing sense when referring to someone who worked with an opposing force during conflict. Related forms include collaboration (noun), collaborator (noun), and collaborative (adjective). In the modern era, collaboration is facilitated by digital tools and practices that enable remote, asynchronous, or open-ended joint work.

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