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colleague

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1. colleague - Noun

2. colleague - Verb

Meaning

A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures.

To unite or associate with another or with others.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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They have been saying for a long time that Iraq made an effort to import active uranium, and my colleague demonstrated the other day that they came to the conclusion that it was a fake document that everybody is relying upon. Hans Blix

An erring colleague is not an Amalkite to be smitten hip and thigh. R. H. Tawney

I say to my colleague from New York that if someone who has a concealed carry permit... in the State of South Dakota that goes to New York and is in Central Park -- Central Park is a much safer place. John Thune

In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues. If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another. Akio Morita

Miller and his colleague Marty Haselton at UCLA have shown that creativity trumps wealth, at least in human females. Daniel Levitin

A couple of weeks ago, the 21-year-old was photographed with her feet up while watching a colleague playing in an international exhibition match in Perth, and the proximity of her toes to a nearby Indian flag raised temperatures in her home state to vindaloo levels. Sania Mirza

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