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US
/kəˈɫidʒiəɫ/
]
[ UK /kəlˈiːdʒəl/ ]
[ UK /kəlˈiːdʒəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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of or resembling or typical of a college or college students
collegiate living
collegiate clothes
collegiate attitudes -
characterized by or having authority vested equally among colleagues
a tendency to turn from collegial to one-man management
collegial harmony
How To Use collegial In A Sentence
- Equally, it must promote collegial decision-making in its organisational structure, based on broad consultation with and involvement of different social constituencies.
- And I wouldn't have minded doing a ‘thesis defense’ of my book in front of a bunch of people if, at least, it had been done in a friendly or collegial atmosphere.
- There's such a collegial atmosphere among the contestants.
- Whenever Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell might be tempted to act collegially, Tom Coburn (who asked America to pray that some senators — meaning ailing Sen. Robert Byrd — didn't make it to the chamber last month to vote), Jim DeMint (who hopes to "break" Obama), and David Vitter (whose adventures in New Orleans's brothels don't appear to have induced any humility) are there to set McConnell right. You Ain’t No Friend of Mine
- It seems as if he has the proper demeanor to foster that sense of collegiality, which is apparently so important. CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2005
- I am grateful to the faculty and students at the University of Georgia who have inspired me in unexpected ways and have built a uniquely collegial atmosphere.
- Theirs was a complex relationship, alternating between filial indulgence and collegial rivalry.
- The collegial and statutory mechanisms need a public-private partnership, perhaps similar to the National Quality Forum in the United States, to bring clarity, consistency, and transparency to external assessment in Britain.
- Collegialism is the name of a form of Church-government which attributes authority and power to a broader gathering over a local consistory.
- Continuation in the guild depended ‘not on the performance of specific duties, but rather on adherence to collegial rules.’