Colleague
['kɒliːg] or ['kɑliɡ]
Definition
(noun.) a person who is member of one's class or profession; 'the surgeon consulted his colleagues'; 'he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers'.
(noun.) an associate that one works with.
Editor: Moll--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.
(v.t & i.) To unite or associate with another or with others.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Associate (in some office, especially in that of a clergyman), coadjutor, co-operator, assistant, helper, alder, co-aid, partner, ally.
Checker: Rhonda
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Helper, companion, associate, ally, confederate, coadjutor, partner, assistant,adjutant, assessor
ANT:co-opponent, corival, counteragent, co-antagonist, competitor, colluctator
Typed by Adele
Definition
n. one associated with others in some employment—not of partners in business.—n. Coll′eagueship.
v.i. to join or unite: to conspire:—pr.p. colleaguing (kol-ēg′ing); pa.p. colleagued (kol-ēgd′).
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Examples
- Then I will tell you, relying entirely upon your honour and that of your colleague, Dr. Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- And I tell you that I smelled death on your colleague who was here. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- If he is not Tom Gradgrind's colleague before long, I believe we shall at least hear of him in connexion with one of our neighbouring towns. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The champion of Montreux glared at his colleague. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Well, master,' said Blathers, entering the room followed by his colleague, and making the door fast, before he said any more. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- My colleague, Dr. Watson, could tell you that we are very busy at present. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- A colleague of Huss, Jerome of Prague, was burnt in the following year. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I at once came to Norfolk with my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson, but, unhappily, only in time to find that the worst had already occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- I am afraid that my colleague has been a little quick in forming his conclusions, he said. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He, this school autocrat, gathered all and sundry reins into the hollow of his one hand; he irefully rejected any colleague; he would not have help. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He explained this to Professor Gale, a colleague at the university, who later testified as to Morse’s work. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This is my friend and colleague, Dr. Watson. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- He conversed, argued, and disputed with us all as if he were a colleague on the same footing. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- I commend that fact very carefully to your attention, said Holmes to his professional colleague. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- This professor was very unlike his colleague. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The eclipse was, however, the prime consideration, and Edison followed the example of his colleagues in making ready. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Your opinion of this MESALLIANCE, honourable colleagues of the honourable member who has just sat down? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The contrast, in this respect, between them and their European colleagues is highly significant. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He estranged most of his colleagues and fellow generals. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I thought of my uncle and of his colleagues in the Cabinet, of the shame which I had brought upon him, upon myself, upon every one connected with me. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- One woman will be a good guardian, another not; and the good must be chosen to be the colleagues of our guardians. Plato. The Republic.
- Pope, as business colleagues of the days of which we now write; while Messrs. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Shelby