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- Dictionarycolleague/ˈkɒliːɡ/
noun
- 1. a person with whom one works in a profession or business: "she thanked her colleagues in the federation for their work this year"
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one of a group of people who work together: We're entertaining some colleagues of Carol's tonight. Synonym. co-worker. Fewer examples. I don't know anything about this, but I'm sure my colleague here can help you. We're having a small drinks party for one of our colleagues who's leaving next week. Her work is highly esteemed by all her colleagues.
The meaning of COLLEAGUE is an associate or coworker typically in a profession or in a civil or ecclesiastical office and often of similar rank or status : a fellow worker or professional. How to use colleague in a sentence.
one of a group of people who work together: We're entertaining some colleagues of Carol's tonight. Synonym. co-worker. Fewer examples. I don't know anything about this, but I'm sure my colleague here can help you. We're having a small going-away party for one of our colleagues who's leaving next week.
Colleague can be a synonym for coworker, which is someone who has the same employer as you. But it also used to refer to people who have different employers but who work in the same or a very similar profession, especially when they regularly interact or share knowledge.
A colleague is someone you work with at your job. When you are a teacher, the other teachers are your colleagues. When you work as a cashier at 7-11, the guy at the deli counter is your colleague as well.
Your colleagues are the people you work with, especially in a professional job. Without consulting his colleagues he flew from Lisbon to Split. A colleague urged him to see a psychiatrist, but Faulkner refused. Synonyms: fellow worker, partner, ally, associate More Synonyms of colleague. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
n. a fellow worker or member of a staff, department, profession, etc. [C16: from French collègue, from Latin collēga one selected at the same time as another, from com- together + lēgāre to choose]
Meaning of colleague – Learner’s Dictionary. colleague. noun [ C ] uk / ˈkɒliːɡ / us. Add to word list. A2. someone that you work with. Examples. He presented the report to his colleagues. He was shunned by colleagues and family alike. He made a number of accusations against his former colleagues.
colleague. noun. /ˈkɒliːɡ/. /ˈkɑːliːɡ/. a person that you work with, especially in a profession or a business. work/senior/male colleagues. We were friends and colleagues for more than 20 years. some of his former colleagues on the council. the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues.
Colleague definition: A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate.
