collaborative

collaborate +‎ -ive

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.

• collaboratively
• collaborativeness

• “collaborative” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “collaborative” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "collaborative" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.

collaborative (plural collaboratives)

1. (management) An organized group of people or entities who collaborate towards a particular goal
   • 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 non-adjectival uses prior to the 1970s

     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.

   • 1976, (no by-line), "Educational collaborative to hire full-time executive", The Birkshire Eagle (Pittsfield, Massachusetts (19 June 1976, page 6)

     Concern over possible conflict between their collaborative and one set up a year ago ....

   • 2004, Ann Page, Keeping Patients Safe‎, →ISBN, page 153:

     These collaboratives would consist of a team of managers, researchers, and consultants from a variety of organizations whose aim would be to better understand problems in effective health care management […]

   • 2018, Applied Clinical Trials Editors, "CTTI Selected to Support FDA Efforts to Increase Patient Engagement", Applied Clinical Trials

     This collaborative aims at discussing ways in which patients can participate in the FDA's regulatory discussions about medical products.

• cooperative

collaborative

1. feminine singular of collaboratif

collaborative

1. feminine plural of collaborativo