synonyms: Joint work toward a common end coaction, cooperation, synergy, teamwork.
Collaboration refers to two or more people or entities working together to achieve some common aim. (noun)
When the police department and a politician work together to get a new crime bill passed, this is an example of a collaboration between the police department and the politician.
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