Definitions for colleague
ˈkɒl igcol·league

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. colleague, co-worker, fellow worker, workfellow(noun)

   an associate that one works with

2. colleague, confrere, fellow(noun)

   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(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. colleague(Noun)

   A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate

Origin: From collegue, from collega, from com- + legare, from lex.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Colleague(noun)

   a partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures

2. Colleague

   to unite or associate with another or with others

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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.]

2. 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.]

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'colleague' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3647

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'colleague' in Nouns Frequency: #649

How to pronounce colleague?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of colleague in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of colleague in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of colleague in a Sentence

1. John Williams:

   I agree with the way my colleague Loretta Mester put it.

2. Kathleen Goforth:

   He was who you wanted for a friend, a colleague and a neighbor.

3. Mark Chisholm:

   He was a great character, a brilliant photographer, a great colleague.

4. Angela Lieverse:

   Within 5 minutes, I said to my colleague, 'Oh my gosh; these are twins,'.

5. French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   France will make proposals. I have sent a number of them to my Germany colleague.

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