0 one of a group of people who work together:
We're entertaining some colleagues of Carol's tonight.
1 one of a group of people who work together:
He always got along well with his colleagues in the university.
2 a person that you work with:
He has a good working relationship with colleagues.
I don't know anything about this, but I'm sure my colleague here can help you.
We're having a small drinks party for one of our colleagues who's leaving next week.
Please read this memo carefully and hand it on to your colleagues.
His colleagues became suspicious when he did not appear at work, since he was always punctual.
He cast his readers not as colleagues in an emerging philosophical community, but as remote, credit-giving consumers.
This was reinforced by the low priority given to public health work at all levels within the organization and by primary care team colleagues.
Trainees reported having to work hard to promote the role and to build effective working relationships with colleagues.