Definition of “colleague” - English Dictionary

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colleaguenoun [ C ]

uk ​ /ˈkɒl.iːɡ/ us ​ /ˈkɑː.liːɡ/

A2 one of a group of people who work together:

We're entertaining some colleagues of Carol's tonight.

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(Definition of “colleague” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

“colleague” in American English

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colleaguenoun [ C ]

us ​ /ˈkɑl·iɡ/

› one of a group of people who work together:

He always got along well with his colleagues in the university.

(Definition of “colleague” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

“colleague” in Business English

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colleaguenoun [ C ]

uk ​ /ˈkɒliːɡ/ us ​

› WORKPLACE a person that you work with:

He has a good working relationship with colleagues.

(Definition of “colleague” from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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I join my colleague in hoping that we will get past the stage of incantatory declarations and move on to determined and fruitful action.
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A colleague spoke about it earlier.
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I also think, like our colleague, that the choice between an aptitude test and an adaptation period should be left up to the candidate.
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I would also like to remind my colleague that one of the purposes of the state is to guard the sanctity of private property.
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As my colleague, who is an expert on this issue, tells me there is a real problem with this product so we cannot exclude it.
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The outcome – as my colleague has mentioned already – has been mixed, but the glass is half full and not half empty.
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I think another colleague mentioned that we have perhaps failed to communicate outside our own ranks, to those who are managing farms and ecosystems, about how important biodiversity is.
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I voted against it because, as a colleague of mine said a bit earlier, it is a bit of a time warp.
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In connection with rules and regulations, a colleague recently asked me why there is an insistence on 'pouring sand into every moving part'.
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In the meantime however, you, together with your colleague, may remain in your current seats, and this will not even affect the use of the voting cards.
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