--- title: C — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 45 description: The 1959 words of the English dictionary under C, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / C # C — The English dictionary · page 45 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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*Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) Cohabitation is living together as a couple without being married.[↗](../../cohabitation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) Cohabitation is living together in the same place: «the cohabitation of different species».[↗](../../cohabitation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cohabitation has become more common.[↗](../../cohabitation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The report looked at marriage and cohabitation.[↗](../../cohabitation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cohabitation of cats and dogs in our house is peaceful.[↗](../../cohabitation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Laws about cohabitation are different in each country.[↗](../../cohabitation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The zoo studied the cohabitation of the animals.[↗](../../cohabitation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Their cohabitation lasted ten years.[↗](../../cohabitation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cohere** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To stick together or form a whole that fits together.[↗](../../cohere/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **cohesion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cohesion is how well the parts of something stick or hold together.[↗](../../cohesion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Cohesion is the pull between particles of the same kind, such as water molecules sticking to each other.[↗](../../cohesion/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (writing) Cohesion is how well sentences and paragraphs link together so the writing flows.[↗](../../cohesion/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Social cohesion is when people in a group or country get on and work together.[↗](../../cohesion/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Water drops form because of cohesion between water molecules.[↗](../../cohesion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Use linking words to give your writing cohesion.[↗](../../cohesion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The team's cohesion helped them win.[↗](../../cohesion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Pond skaters walk on water thanks to cohesion.[↗](../../cohesion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The essay lacks cohesion; the ideas jump around.[↗](../../cohesion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Festivals can build community cohesion.[↗](../../cohesion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cohesive** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Sticking together well and forming a united whole.[↗](../../cohesive/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **cohort** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A cohort is a group of people who have something in common, such as the same age or starting school together.[↗](../../cohort/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal) A cohort is a group of people studied together in research.[↗](../../cohort/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (history) A cohort was a unit of soldiers in the Roman army, of about 480 men.[↗](../../cohort/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal) A cohort can mean a supporter or companion of someone.[↗](../../cohort/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* This year's cohort of pupils did well in the tests.[↗](../../cohort/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (formal)[↗](../../cohort/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A Roman cohort had six centuries of soldiers.[↗](../../cohort/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The study followed a cohort of 800 children.[↗](../../cohort/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The new cohort of nurses started training today.[↗](../../cohort/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cohort has 90 pupils in 3 classes, so 30 in each.[↗](../../cohort/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The villain arrived with his cohorts.[↗](../../cohort/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (informal)[↗](../../cohort/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coil** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A series of rings or loops made by winding something long (a coil of rope).[↗](../../coil/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* One ring of such a series.[↗](../../coil/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A wire wound in rings that carries electricity, as in a heater or electromagnet.[↗](../../coil/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To wind something into rings, or to lie in rings (The snake coiled up).[↗](../../coil/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snake lay in a coil on the rock.[↗](../../coil/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Wind the rope into a neat coil.[↗](../../coil/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · More coils of wire make the electromagnet stronger.[↗](../../coil/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The kettle has a heating coil inside.[↗](../../coil/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat's tail coiled around its paws.[↗](../../coil/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A spring is a metal coil.[↗](../../coil/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And the boy could reef a sail and coil a rope and keep the ship's nose steady before the wind.[↗](../../coil/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **coiled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coiled means wound into rings or circles, one on top of another, like a spring or a rope.[↗](../../coiled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Coiled is the past form of «coil»: wound something into loops.[↗](../../coiled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Coiled can describe a body or muscle held tight, ready to move suddenly.[↗](../../coiled/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The snake lay coiled on a warm rock.[↗](../../coiled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad coiled the garden hose after watering the plants.[↗](../../coiled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rope was coiled neatly on the deck.[↗](../../coiled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · A coiled wire makes the electromagnet stronger.[↗](../../coiled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Her hair was coiled into a bun.[↗](../../coiled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The cat was coiled, ready to pounce.[↗](../../coiled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The vine coiled around the fence.[↗](../../coiled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thereupon he rushed at the Prince, brandishing an immense serpent which was coiled about his wrist.[↗](../../coiled/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **coin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A coin is a small, flat, round piece of metal used as money.[↗](../../coin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To toss a coin is to throw it up and see if it lands on heads or tails.[↗](../../coin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To coin a word is to make up a new word.[↗](../../coin/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To be paid in your own coin means to be treated back in the same way that you treated others.[↗](../../coin/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has 8 coins worth 5 cents each.[↗](../../coin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He has 3 quarters and 2 dimes.[↗](../../coin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") How many coins?[↗](../../coin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Toss a coin 10 times.[↗](../../coin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The jar holds 120 coins.[↗](../../coin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · She put a coin in her piggy bank.[↗](../../coin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We tossed a coin to see who goes first.[↗](../../coin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A pound coin is gold-coloured.[↗](../../coin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Old Roman coins were found in the field.[↗](../../coin/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own coin.[↗](../../coin/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · The root ספ״ר is also utilized to coin the novel metaphysical term סְפִירוֹת Sefirot, on which see SY 1:2 below.[↗](../../coin/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../coin/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **coinage** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* The coins used in a country; its system of money (decimal coinage).[↗](../../coinage/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Making coins.[↗](../../coinage/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A new word or phrase that someone has invented, or inventing new words.[↗](../../coinage/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The museum shows old Roman coinage.[↗](../../coinage/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Decimal coinage uses 100 pennies to a pound or 100 cents to a dollar.[↗](../../coinage/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Brunch» is a coinage from «breakfast» and «lunch».[↗](../../coinage/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The king controlled the coinage.[↗](../../coinage/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Gold was once used in coinage.[↗](../../coinage/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The writer was famous for her clever coinages.[↗](../../coinage/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coincide** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To happen at the same time as something else (My birthday coincides with the holiday).[↗](../../coincide/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To be the same or agree (Our ideas coincide).[↗](../../coincide/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To be in the same place or cover the same space; in maths, shapes or lines that coincide lie exactly on top of each other.[↗](../../coincide/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The match coincided with my piano lesson.[↗](../../coincide/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our views on the trip coincide.[↗](../../coincide/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Fold the paper so the corners coincide.[↗](../../coincide/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The two lines coincide, so they have every point in common.[↗](../../coincide/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The festival coincides with the full moon.[↗](../../coincide/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her arrival coincided with the rain.[↗](../../coincide/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coincidence** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* When two things happen at the same time or in a surprising way by chance, without being planned (What a coincidence!).[↗](../../coincidence/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (maths, formal) The fact of two things being in the same place or the same.[↗](../../coincidence/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* What a coincidence — we have the same birthday\![↗](../../coincidence/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · By coincidence, we were on the same train.[↗](../../coincidence/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · It was pure coincidence that we wore the same shirt.[↗](../../coincidence/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · It's no coincidence that he's tired; he stayed up late.[↗](../../coincidence/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A pattern in three numbers might be a coincidence.[↗](../../coincidence/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists test many times to rule out coincidence.[↗](../../coincidence/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coition** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Sexual intercourse between a man and a woman.[↗](../../coition/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* walking, seeing, hearing, working, coition, smelling, sleep, anger, swallowing and laughing.[↗](../../coition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../coition/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **coke** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coke (with a capital C) is short for Coca-Cola, a fizzy drink.[↗](../../coke/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Coke is a solid fuel made from coal by heating it without air; it burns very hot and is used in steel-making.[↗](../../coke/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (slang) Coke is a short name for cocaine, an illegal and dangerous drug.[↗](../../coke/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Can I have a Coke with my burger?[↗](../../coke/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A can of Coke has a lot of sugar.[↗](../../coke/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · In the old ironworks, coke was burned in huge furnaces.[↗](../../coke/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Coke is made by heating coal without air.[↗](../../coke/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The police found drugs, including coke, in the car.[↗](../../coke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (slang)[↗](../../coke/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We bought 6 cans of Coke at 80p each, which cost £4.80.[↗](../../coke/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **col** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (geography) The lowest point on a ridge between two mountain peaks, often used as a pass to cross the mountains.[↗](../../col/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (abbreviation) Col. is short for Colonel, an army officer's rank.[↗](../../col/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (abbreviation) col. is short for column, in tables and newspapers.[↗](../../col/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In some dialect writing, col' is a spelling of cold.[↗](../../col/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We climbed up to the col between the two peaks.[↗](../../col/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The road crosses the mountains at a high col.[↗](../../col/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The cyclists raced over the Col du Tourmalet.[↗](../../col/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Col. Smith commanded the regiment.[↗](../../col/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Look at col. 3 in the table for the totals.[↗](../../col/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Snow often lies in the col until summer.[↗](../../col/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cola** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sweet, fizzy, brown soft drink, flavoured partly with the kola nut and usually containing caffeine.[↗](../../cola/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The cola tree, a tropical tree whose nuts were first used for the flavour.[↗](../../cola/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cola can also be a first name for a boy or a man.[↗](../../cola/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Cola has lots of sugar and caffeine.[↗](../../cola/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We dropped mints into the cola and it fizzed out.[↗](../../cola/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water is a better drink than cola.[↗](../../cola/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Two colas and a lemonade, please.[↗](../../cola/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bubbles in cola are carbon dioxide gas.[↗](../../cola/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A can of cola can have 9 teaspoons of sugar.[↗](../../cola/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Leave a tooth in cola, and the acid slowly softens it.[↗](../../cola/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandpa likes a glass of cola with ice.[↗](../../cola/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When the King heard this, he told Cola-Mattheo to bring the snake to the palace, and said that he was prepared to receive the creature as his son-in-law.[↗](../../cola/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **colander** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A colander is a kitchen bowl full of small holes, used for draining water from food such as pasta or for washing vegetables.[↗](../../colander/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum drained the spaghetti in a colander.[↗](../../colander/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I washed the strawberries in the colander.[↗](../../colander/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Water ran out through the holes of the colander.[↗](../../colander/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We used a colander to separate the peas from the water.[↗](../../colander/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma's colander is made of metal.[↗](../../colander/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Put the colander in the sink before you pour.[↗](../../colander/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **cold** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having a low temperature; not warm.[↗](../../cold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "cold water".[↗](../../cold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Feeling that your body is not warm enough.[↗](../../cold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "I'm cold."[↗](../../cold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An illness that gives you a runny nose, sneezes and a sore throat.[↗](../../cold/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* Not friendly or kind.[↗](../../cold/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *e.g.* "a cold look".[↗](../../cold/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* "The cold" means cold weather.[↗](../../cold/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is cold outside, so wear a coat.[↗](../../cold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I caught a cold and stayed home.[↗](../../cold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The milk is in the cold fridge.[↗](../../cold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Cold air sinks and warm air rises.[↗](../../cold/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Cover your mouth when you sneeze with a cold.[↗](../../cold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Water turns to ice when it gets very cold.[↗](../../cold/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · She gave me a cold look.[↗](../../cold/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Snakes are cold-blooded animals.[↗](../../cold/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Oh, how cold the water is\![↗](../../cold/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.'[↗](../../cold/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.8.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cold/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat was created from Fire, and cold from Water, and satiation from Wind deciding between them.[↗](../../cold/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)[↗](../../cold/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · He caused Mem to predominate in Water, and crowned it, and combined it with others, and formed Earth on the world, cold in the year, and the fruit of the womb in mankind, being carried in the belly.[↗](../../cold/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../cold/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · Out of the Chamber cometh the storm; and cold out of the north.[↗](../../cold/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.37.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cold/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · He casteth forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold?[↗](../../cold/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.147.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cold/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.[↗](../../cold/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.24.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../cold/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **coldly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In an unfriendly way, without warmth or kindness.[↗](../../coldly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "I don't need your help," she said coldly.[↗](../../coldly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The guard stared coldly at the visitors.[↗](../../coldly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He coldly ignored my wave.[↗](../../coldly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The queen smiled coldly.[↗](../../coldly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The shopkeeper answered coldly and turned away.[↗](../../coldly/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · “Father, I am waiting,” said Michael coldly.[↗](../../coldly/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **coldness** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Coldness is the state of being cold, having a low temperature («the coldness of the water»).[↗](../../coldness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Coldness is unfriendly behaviour: not showing warmth, kindness or interest towards someone.[↗](../../coldness/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The coldness of the sea took my breath away.[↗](../../coldness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I could feel the coldness of the stone floor.[↗](../../coldness/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Her coldness hurt his feelings.[↗](../../coldness/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He spoke with coldness after the argument.[↗](../../coldness/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The coldness of the wind made our ears ache.[↗](../../coldness/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The new girl's coldness was really shyness.[↗](../../coldness/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After the fight there was a coldness between the friends.[↗](../../coldness/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · As the sun set, an icy coldness filled all nature, not however of long duration.[↗](../../coldness/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The three mothers א״מ״ש produce in the year \[27\]: heat, coldness \[28\] and moistness.[↗](../../coldness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../coldness/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Heat was created from fire, coldness from water, and moistness from air which equalizes them.[↗](../../coldness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../coldness/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · 28) In ancient times coldness was considered to be a substance.[↗](../../coldness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") \[See Psalm 147, 17.\][↗](../../coldness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)[↗](../../coldness/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **cole** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Cole is an old word for cabbage and the plants in the cabbage family, such as kale.[↗](../../cole/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is the first part of the word «coleslaw», a salad of shredded raw cabbage and carrot with mayonnaise.[↗](../../cole/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Cole is also a first name and a surname.[↗](../../cole/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We had coleslaw with our burgers.[↗](../../cole/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Farmers once grew cole to feed cattle.[↗](../../cole/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Cole is my best friend's name.[↗](../../cole/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Coleslaw is made from shredded cabbage.[↗](../../cole/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Kale belongs to the cole family.[↗](../../cole/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Cole sat next to me in maths.[↗](../../cole/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **colic** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Colic is bad pain in the tummy, especially when a young baby cries for a long time for no clear reason, often in the evenings.[↗](../../colic/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In horses, colic is a serious tummy pain that needs a vet quickly.[↗](../../colic/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our baby brother cried for hours with colic.[↗](../../colic/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum walked up and down with the colicky baby.[↗](../../colic/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said colic usually stops after a few months.[↗](../../colic/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The vet came at night because the pony had colic.[↗](../../colic/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Colic is not the parents' fault.[↗](../../colic/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Rocking and quiet help some babies with colic.[↗](../../colic/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **collaborate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To work together with other people to make something or reach a shared goal: «We collaborated on the poster».[↗](../../collaborate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (history, negative) To help an enemy who has taken over your country, especially in a war: «Some people collaborated with the invaders».[↗](../../collaborate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our class collaborated with another school to make a newspaper.[↗](../../collaborate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The two authors collaborated on a book about dinosaurs.[↗](../../collaborate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Scientists from many countries collaborated to build the space station.[↗](../../collaborate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths we collaborated to solve the puzzle in pairs.[↗](../../collaborate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Musicians collaborate when they write a song together.[↗](../../collaborate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the war, some people were punished for collaborating with the enemy.[↗](../../collaborate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Let's collaborate instead of arguing about whose idea is best.[↗](../../collaborate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) … [44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/44/) **45** [46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/46/) … [99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/99/) - ← previous: [page 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/page/44/) - next →: 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