• Colleague

    Pronunciation

    Origin

    From Middle French collegue, from Latin collega ("a partner in office"), from com- ("with") + legare ("to send on an embassy"), from lex ("law").

    Noun

    colleague

    (plural colleagues)
    1. A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate.
      • 2013-06-29, A punch in the gut, Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial....Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.

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    Verb

    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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