colleague

«colleague» in Mova's school dictionary: a person you work with, especially in a job or profession — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a colleague, colleagues)

meaning for a pupil

A colleague is a person you work with, especially in a job or profession. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life parents talk about colleagues at work; teachers' colleagues are other teachers. In stories and news, a doctor or police officer works with colleagues. It is a polite, slightly formal word.

examples

• Mum went out for lunch with her colleagues. tree →
• My teacher asked a colleague to help. tree →
• The doctor discussed the case with a colleague. tree →
• Dad's colleague gave him a lift home. tree →
• She is respected by all her colleagues. tree →
• The new nurse met her colleagues on the ward. tree →
• “I am sorry,” said the Owl, “to have to contradict the Crow, my famous friend and colleague. tree →

note

Tricky spelling: col-league, with double «l» and «-eague». Pronounced «KOL-eeg». More formal than «workmate» or «co-worker».

In the corpora

• Stories about annoying colleagues told at home are private and should not be repeated outside.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «colleague» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.