collaboration tool

noun
UK /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən tuːl/
US /kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən tuːl/

A collaboration tool is a thing like an app or website that helps people work together on the same job.

Our class uses a collaboration tool to share ideas for the school project.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Software that lets several people edit the same document at once.

The collaboration tool let all three students type in the same report.

3. An online space where a team can chat and plan tasks.

We set up a collaboration tool so the club could plan its events.

4. Any shared system, like a whiteboard, that helps a group solve a problem together.

The big whiteboard in the office is a simple collaboration tool.