What does colleague mean?
Definitions for colleague
ˈkɒl igcol·league
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage 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.
Wikipedia
colleague
Collegiality is the relationship between colleagues. A colleague is a fellow member of the same profession. Colleagues are those explicitly united in a common purpose and respect each other's abilities to work toward that purpose. A colleague is an associate in a profession or in a civil or ecclesiastical office. In a narrower sense, members of the faculty of a university or college are each other's colleagues. Sociologists of organizations use the word 'collegiality' in a technical sense, to create a contrast with the concept of bureaucracy. Classical authors such as Max Weber consider collegiality as an organizational device used by autocrats to prevent experts and professionals from challenging monocratic and sometimes arbitrary powers. More recently, authors such as Eliot Freidson (USA), Malcolm Waters (Australia), and Emmanuel Lazega (France) have said that collegiality can now be understood as a full-fledged organizational form.
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colleague
A colleague is a person with whom one works in a profession or business, often possessing an equal or similar level of responsibility and status. This individual is hence considered a co-worker or associate within the same organization or working environment.
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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Rank popularity for the word 'colleague' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3647
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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
The entire USCP Department expresses its deepest sympathies to Officer Sicknick's family and friends on their loss, and mourns the loss of a friend and colleague.
At the office, my Osaka (Kansai) colleague made fun of another colleague from Chiba (Kanto) who is bald, he joked, 'Where is your hair? So bald!' and that shocked the bald guy.
My husband was an incredibly, intricate blend of toughness and gentility, he was who you wanted for a friend, a colleague and a neighbor. However, it was I who was blessed so richly that I had the privilege of calling him my husband and my best friend.
My yardage books have always been produced with the aim of helping all players narrow down the exact length they want to hit a shot but this new greens contours book takes it to another level, for the past five years in America my business colleague Mark Long has produced both types of books for players on the U.S. Tour and Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell have persuaded me to see the potential demand of doing them for England Europe.
It’s not easy to endorse a challenger over a colleague in the House of Representatives, especially when that colleague is a member of your party.
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- 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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