COLLABORATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does collaborative mean? 

• COLLABORATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective COLLABORATIVE has 1 sense:

1. accomplished by collaboration

  Familiarity information: COLLABORATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLABORATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Accomplished by collaboration

Context example:

collaborative research

Similar:

cooperative (done with or working with others for a common purpose or benefit)

Derivation:

collaborate (work together on a common enterprise of project)

 Context examples 

Intramural and collaborative interdisciplinary studies are conducted on the distribution, causes, and natural history of cancer, and the means for its prevention.

(Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI Thesaurus)

This month, you’re in collaborative mode, both at work and in your private life.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The Gene Ontology (GO) project is a collaborative effort to address the need for consistent descriptions of gene products in different databases.

(Gene Ontology, NCI Thesaurus)

International consortium of over 25 groups and multiple investigators pursuing collaborative research on the epidemiology of prostate cancer.

(International Consortium on Prostate Cancer Genetics, NCI Thesaurus)

Study design is driven by the research hypothesis that is being posed, study subject/population/sample available, logistics/resources: technology, support, networking, collaborative support, etc.

(Nonclinical Study Design, NCI Thesaurus)

The EVS Project is a collaborative effort of the Center for Bioinformatics and the NCI Office of Communications.

(NCI Enterprise Vocabulary Services, NCI Thesaurus)

Groups of scientists who link their expertise and resources in collaborative efforts to address important questions of shared interest.

(Consortium or Network, NCI Thesaurus)

A comprehensive, collaborative infrastructure, linked to an informatics structure, to help speed the genetic and epidemiologic study of heritable cancers.

(Cooperative Family Registry, NCI Thesaurus)

A collaborative group of grantees modeling the population impact of cancer control interventions for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer.

(Cancer Intervention and Surveillance Modeling Network, NCI Thesaurus)

The study used data from the Multiethnic Cohort Study, a collaborative effort between the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and the Keck School of Medicine.

(Drink Coffee for a Longer Life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)