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colleague

KAH-leeg/ˈkɑliɡ/UKKOL-eeg/ˈkɒliːɡ/

Pluralcolleagues

Verbcolleagues, colleaguing, colleagued

2 meanings of colleague

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  1. 1
    fellow workernouncountable
    A fellow member of one's profession, staff, faculty, or organization; an associate or workmate.

    He consulted a senior colleague before making the final decision.

    The professor co-authored the paper with three colleagues from other universities.

    UsageOften my colleague, a colleague of mine, or colleagues from another firm.

    Similarcoworker, associate, peer, workmate, counterpart

  2. 2
    join togetherverbarchaictransitive
    To unite or associate one person or group with another or with others.

    Similarunite, associate, join, combine, merge

    Oppositeseparate, divide

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Origin

Latin lēx ("law") underlies lēgō ("to send on an embassy"), which joined with com- ("with") to form collēga ("a partner in office"). This became Middle French collegue, the source of the English word.