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    colleague
    /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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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. A colleague is someone you work with or someone whos in the same profession as you, especially a peer within that profession. Colleague can be a synonym for coworker, which is someone who has the same employer as you.

  6. Define colleague. colleague synonyms, colleague pronunciation, colleague translation, English dictionary definition of colleague. n. A fellow member of a profession, staff, or academic faculty; an associate.

  7. 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 usually people at the same level or rank as you are.

  8. 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.