What does colleague mean?
Definitions for colleague
ˈkɒl igcol·league
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word colleague.
Princeton's WordNet
colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellownoun
an associate that one works with
colleague, confrere, fellownoun
a person who is member of one's class or profession
"the surgeon consulted his colleagues"; "he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers"
Wiktionary
colleaguenoun
A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate
Etymology: From collegue, from collega, from com- + legare, from lex.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
COLLEAGUEnoun
A partner in office or employment. Anciently accented on the last syllable.
Etymology: collega, Lat.
Easy it might be seen that I intend
Mercy colleague with justice, sending thee. John Milton, P. Lost.The regents, upon demise of the crown, would keep the peace without colleagues. Jonathan Swift.
To Colleagueverb
To unite with.
Etymology: from the noun.
Colleagued with this dream of his advantage,
He hath not fail’d to pester us with message,
Importing the surrender of those lands. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.
Webster Dictionary
Colleaguenoun
a partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures
Colleague
to unite or associate with another or with others
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Colleague
kol′ēg, n. one associated with others in some employment—not of partners in business.—n. Coll′eagueship. [Fr. collègue—L. collega—col, together, and legĕre, to choose.]
Colleague
kol′ēg, v.i. to join or unite: to conspire:—pr.p. colleaguing (kol-ēg′ing); pa.p. colleagued (kol-ēgd′). [From O. Fr. colliguer, to join in alliance—L. colligāre, to bind together.]
Editors Contribution
colleague
A person we work with.
Our work colleague is getting married this year and we are all looking forward with joyful anticipation.
Submitted by MaryC on April 11, 2020
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Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'colleague' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3647
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'colleague' in Nouns Frequency: #649
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of colleague in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of colleague in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of colleague in a Sentence
Neither I, nor my colleague Plotnitsky, gave agreement to Poroshenko's proposed conception of constitutional reform.
Zoom is not accidental, you have to be intentional if you use it, when people say Zoom is taxing, they're also saying: 'I miss just being able to walk past my colleague,'.
A colleague out for lunch messaged to say there had been an incident on London Bridge and he was unable to cross back over the river. I went straight to the window and saw hundreds of people running off the bridge down Tooley Street, people looked so panicked. Stevie Beer was haunting. There were at least half a dozen police cars and halted buses. Our building is now on lockdown, but we've not been given any concrete information.
It is with the deepest sadness that I let you know security guard Kevin Nishita has passed away, he died protecting one of our own, a colleague reporting on the very violence that took his life. I know you join me in sending condolences to his family and in sending thanks to Kevin for standing up for us all.
Samir is a valued colleague and a close friend, i'm proud that we stood by him while he struggled, and we're all glad to see him now thriving again.
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Translations for colleague
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- زميلة, زميلArabic
- колега, колежкаBulgarian
- col·lega, companyCatalan, Valencian
- kolegaCzech
- kollegaDanish
- Kollege, Mitarbeiterin, Kollegin, MitarbeiterGerman
- compañero, colegaSpanish
- همکارPersian
- kollega, virkatoveri, virkaveliFinnish
- starvsfelagi, arbeiðsfelagiFaroese
- confrère, collègueFrench
- עמיתה, עמיתHebrew
- kartárs, kollégaHungarian
- գործընկերArmenian
- collegaItalian
- 同僚Japanese
- კოლეგაGeorgian
- 同僚, 동료, 동업자Korean
- collēgaLatin
- kolēģisLatvian
- колешка, колегаMacedonian
- kollegaNorwegian
- collegaDutch
- kollegaNorwegian Nynorsk
- kollegaNorwegian
- kolega, koleżankaPolish
- colegaPortuguese
- collavuratur, collavuraturaRomansh
- coleg, colegăRomanian
- сотрудник, сослуживец, коллега, сотрудницаRussian
- колега, kolegaSerbo-Croatian
- kolegyňa, kolegaSlovak
- arbetskamrat, kollega, medarbetareSwedish
- సహోద్యోగిTelugu
- çalışma arkadaşı, meslektaşTurkish
- سھاتھیUrdu
- đồng nghiệpVietnamese
- קאָלעגעYiddish
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