Colleague - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a person who is member of one's class or profession (syn: confrere, fellow)
Extra examples
A colleague of mine will be speaking at the conference.
...on her first day at work her colleagues went out of their way to make her feel welcome...
She discussed the idea with some of her colleagues.
He asked his colleagues for advice.
She didn't intend to downgrade the importance of her colleague's work.
We owe thanks to our estimable colleague.
...our eupeptic colleague was unfazed by our gloomy expressions and dire predictions...
Our colleague has already interviewed this film director.
Frank was a very congenial colleague.
The agent put me on hold while she consulted a colleague.
By a stroke of luck, she had spotted the book on a colleague's bookshelf.
The teacher made serious allegations against a colleague.
It takes a lot of nerve to report a colleague for sexual harassment.
He asked for help from a colleague who owed him a favour.
He quit his job after an argument with a colleague.
Word forms
singular: colleague
plural: colleagues
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