No Matter How You Say It: Collaboration
Collaboration Icons
In Other Languages
Spanish – colaboración
French – collaboration
German – Zusammenarbeit
Italian – collaborazione
Swedish – samarbete
Euskara – lankidetza
Portugese – colaboração
For other character qualities related to Collaboration,
visit the Related Qualities page.
Word Origin
Collaboration from past participle stem of Latin collaborare “work with,” from assimilated form of com “with” + laborare “to work”
Can you see how Collaboration is working together?
Sign Language
Can you see how Collaborate is a joining of efforts and Annoy is divisive?
Collaboration Idioms
- A chain is only as strong as its weakest link
- A problem shared is a problem halved
- A rising tide lifts all boats
- All for one and one for all
- All hands on deck
- Be on the same page
- Birds of a feather flock together
- Brainstorm
- Break down silos
- Bring your ‘A’ game
- Build bridges
- Collaborate effectively
- Cross-pollination
- Foster collaboration
- Go the extra mile
- Iron sharpens iron
- Many hands make light work
- Pull your weight
- Put your heads together
- Rowing in the same direction
- Strength in numbers
- Strength in unity
- Synergy
- Team up
- Teamwork makes the dream work
- The whole is greater than the sum of its parts
- There’s no “I” in team
- Think tank
- Two heads are better than one
- United we stand, divided we fall
- We’re all in this together
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going
- Work hand-in-hand