colleague

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Pronunciation

• (GA) IPA: /ˈkɑliɡ/
• (RP) IPA: /ˈkɒliːɡ/

Noun

colleague (plural colleagues)

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

Synonyms

• coworker
• workmate
• See also Thesaurus:associate

Related terms

• collegial
• collegiate

Translations

• French: confrère, collègue
• German: Kollege, Kollegin, Mitarbeiter, Mitarbeiterin
• Italian: collega
• Portuguese: colega
• Russian: колле́га
• Spanish: colega, compañero

Verb

colleague (colleagues, present participle colleaguing; past and past participle colleagued)

1. To unite or associate with another or with others.

   Young Fortinbras,/ Holding a weak supposal of our worth/...Colleagued with the dream of his advantage,/...hath not failed to pester us with message/ Importing the surrender of those lands/Lost by his father. - Hamlet (Act I, Scene 2)

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