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