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Colleagues Noun ˈkɒliːɡ ˈkɑːliːɡ Work/Senior/Male Friends Years Council

Word3 colleague
WordType (noun)
Phonetic /ˈkɒliːɡ/ /ˈkɑːliːɡ/
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  • work/senior/male colleagues
  • we were friends and colleagues for more than 20 years.
  • some of his former colleagues on the council
  • the prime minister and his cabinet colleagues
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colleague

(noun)/ˈkɒliːɡ/ /ˈkɑːliːɡ/
  1. a person that you work with, especially in a profession or a business
    • work/senior/male colleagues
    • We were friends and colleagues for more than 20 years.
    • some of his former colleagues on the council
    • the Prime Minister and his Cabinet colleagues
    • Scientists are now working with colleagues in Arizona to develop a working model.
    • He is described by party colleagues as a workaholic.
    • Russinova and her colleagues found that 74% of participants had held the same job for 24 months or longer.
    • I've talked to colleagues at other universities about it.
    • colleagues in the IT department
    • a colleague of mine from the office

    Word Origin

    • early 16th cent.: from French collègue, from Latin collega ‘partner in office’, from col- ‘together with’ + legare ‘depute’.
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