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collaborator

/kəˈlæbəreɪtə(r)/noun

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सहयोगी, सहकर्मी, साथ काम करने वाला

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Asked in previous papers

as one-word substitution

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noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a person who works with another person to create or produce something

    सहयोगी, सहकर्मी, साथ काम करने वाला

    • The two scientists were close collaborators for twenty years.
    • He thanked his long-time collaborator for helping with the film script.
    • My best collaborator on the project lives in another city.
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    • The poet and her collaborator wrote the songs together.
    • The scientist thanked his collaborators in the lab.

    Synonyms partner co-worker colleague associate teammate

    Opposite rival competitor opponent

  2. 2

    [C] disapproving

    a person who helps the enemy in a war, when they have taken control of the person's country

    (युद्ध में) शत्रु का साथ देने वाला, गद्दार

    • After the war, collaborators were put on trial.
    • After liberation, the village distrusted anyone suspected of being a collaborator.
    • The villagers were angry with a collaborator who had helped the invaders.
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    • The new rulers rewarded the collaborators with land.
    • Collaborators during the occupation were shamed after the war.

    Synonyms traitor quisling turncoat fifth columnist

    Opposite patriot loyalist resistance fighter

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AaSpelling

col·lab·o·ra·tor

Double l, one b and -ator (not 'colaborator' or 'collaborater').

दो l, एक b और अंत में -ator ('colaborator' या 'collaborater' गलत है)।

✓In the exam

One-word substitution

One-word substitution, asked often: a person who works with others is a collaborator; one who betrays his country to the enemy is a traitor or quisling (after Vidkun Quisling, who helped the Nazis in Norway).

अक्सर पूछा जाता है: दूसरों के साथ काम करने वाला collaborator; देश को शत्रु के हाथ बेचने वाला traitor या quisling (Vidkun Quisling के नाम पर, जिसने नॉर्वे में नाज़ियों की मदद की)।