COLLEAGUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does colleague mean? 

• COLLEAGUE (noun)
  The noun COLLEAGUE has 2 senses:

1. an associate that one works with

2. a person who is member of one's class or profession

  Familiarity information: COLLEAGUE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COLLEAGUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An associate that one works with

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

co-worker; colleague; fellow worker; workfellow

Hypernyms ("colleague" is a kind of...):

associate (a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor)

Derivation:

collegial (characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who is member of one's class or profession

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

colleague; confrere; fellow

Context example:

he sent e-mail to his fellow hackers

Hypernyms ("colleague" is a kind of...):

associate (a person who joins with others in some activity or endeavor)

 Context examples 

He said some of his colleagues told him to call me to see what the stars were saying for that day.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

University of Alaska glaciologist Martin Truffer and colleagues pointed to a number of factors in their 2013 study.

(Retreat of Yakutat Glacier, NASA)

Kochs and colleagues reported that flumazenil might be beneficial in protecting against cerebral ischemia.

(Flumazenil Cardioprotection Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A standardized survey developed and copyrighted by Kelly Posner and colleagues with The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene in 2008 which is used to evaluate a patient's suicidal tendencies at a subsequent visit.

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Since Last Visit Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A standardized survey developed and published by Raymond C. Rosen and colleagues in 1997 which is used to assess erectile function.

(International Index of Erectile Function Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A scoring system described by Dr. Ishak and colleagues that assesses the histopathologic degree of liver damage.

(Ishak Score, NCI Thesaurus)

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.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A standardized survey developed and copyrighted by Kelly Posner and colleagues with The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene in 2008 which is used to evaluate a patient's suicidal tendencies.

(Columbia-Suicidality Severity Rating Scale Baseline Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

A simple, portable test that can detect the deadliest of the mushroom poisons in minutes has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their colleagues.

(New Test Identifies Poisonous Mushrooms, Agricultural Research Service)

Gastaldo and colleagues came to these conclusions after examining the placement of fossil remains in the rock layers of the Karoo Basin.

(Mass extinction of land and sea biodiversity 250 million years ago not simultaneous, National Science Foundation)