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colleague

noun
/ˈkɒliːɡ/UK/ˈkɑliɡ/CA/ˈkɔliːɡ/

Etymology

From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō (“to send on an embassy”), from lēx (“law”).

  1. derived from collēga
  2. borrowed from collegue

Definitions

  1. A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization

    A fellow member of a profession, staff, academic faculty or other organization; an associate, a workmate.

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  2. 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)

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at colleague. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at colleague. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at colleague

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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