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colleague
col‧league S2 W2 AC /ˈkɒliːɡ $ ˈkɑː-/ noun [COUNTABLE] [date : 1500-1600; Language : French; Origin : collègue, from Latin collega, from com- ( ⇨ COM-) + legare 'to choose for a particular job'] someone you work with - used especially by professional people SYN co-worker: ▪ a colleague of mine from the bank ▪ She discussed the idea with some of her colleagues. • • • THESAURUS ▪colleague someone who you work with in a company or organization, for example someone working in the same office, or someone teaching in the same school : ▪ Friends and former colleagues described him as a kind and caring man. ▪ She discovered that her male colleagues were earning more than she was. ▪workmate British English someone who you work with. Workmate is more informal than colleague : ▪ He went out for a drink with his workmates. ▪coworker American English someone who you work with : ▪ I was sad to say goodbye to all of my coworkers. ▪associate someone who you work with, especially another businessman or businesswoman : ▪ They are close friends and business associates. ▪staff all the people who work for an organization : ▪ The company employs a total of 520 staff. ▪ a staff meeting
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ADJECTIVE close ▪ Now he preferred him at London, for Bishops of London are by geography close colleagues of archbishops at Lambeth. ▪ It would be chaired by one of his closest Cabinet colleagues, Sir Alexander Campbell. ▪ He had just suggested that his closest colleague might be, in this at least, a traitor. ▪ Publicly, Mr Kinnock's closest colleagues were urging him to remain in post. ▪ His close colleagues were rather less sanguine in private. ▪ He was replaced by a former close colleague turned bitter critic, Donald Kalpokas. ▪ The police surgeon is often a close colleague in general practice. ▪ She had no senior heavyweight figure like Cherwell or Swinton to advise her, and indeed no close colleague at all. male ▪ Diplomatically, she pointed to where her male colleagues were standing. ▪ Few were in the top echelons, and they regularly fell behind their male colleagues in promotions and salary increases. ▪ There was a brief scuffle at the entrance between photographers and a male colleague with the Marquess. ▪ Leslie was hurt after racing to back up male colleagues trying to catch the suspect in Wavertree, Liverpool. ▪ None of these skills are recognized by their male colleagues in the workplace. ▪ Meanwhile it is male colleagues who have largely benefited from this anti-lesbianism. ▪ She was paid as much as her male colleagues, and earned every penny. ▪ Earlier this month a male colleague, also on the holiday, was dismissed. ministerial ▪ When the case came to ministerial colleagues, it was these arguments that prevailed. ▪ I am sure that one of my ministerial colleagues will want to inform the House tomorrow. ▪ The general impatience among intellectuals, journalists ... And some of your ministerial colleagues? old ▪ He met up with old colleagues such as Mike Evans and Graham Knight who gave him a typically ex-London welcome. ▪ It was then the moment for old colleagues to catch up on old times. ▪ Arthur Newsholme, Newman's older colleague, had his origins in a similar nonconformist background. ▪ There was a bearer party, old friends and colleagues of Harry's. ▪ An older colleague injured in the leg in the shooting has since been discharged from hospital. ▪ Following the formal presentation tea and sandwiches were available as old friends and colleagues met. ▪ It also carries all the hallmarks of our old colleagues, Karmann of Osnabrück. senior ▪ If you are new, decide which senior colleagues would support you in your work. ▪ Moreover his senior colleagues shared his vision for change in his division and in Southwest as a whole. ▪ Most of his senior colleagues, and his predecessor, Marvin Runyon, came from the same stable. ▪ Steve and his senior colleagues persisted. ▪ Another of that 1975 troika, Vladimir Skorodenko, is now Genieva's senior colleague. ▪ The appointments committees increasingly rely on recommendations from senior colleagues in the field. ▪ Mr Smith had the overwhelming support of his senior colleagues and the main trades union leaders. ▪ Haslam was backed up by a four-man team of senior colleagues, all of whom were highly professional. VERB ask ▪ Lastly, general practitioners must feel confident to ask a colleague for advice if poor control of symptoms persists. ▪ Y., also asked his former colleagues not to be discouraged. ▪ To guard the Church's other flank, Taylor was asked by his colleagues to write a book against Roman Catholicism. ▪ They agreed to ask their respective colleagues to come to an air-clearing session in Scottsdale. ▪ Now a group of senior players have asked colleagues who have Easter holiday plans to return for the Orrell game. ▪ If not, ask colleagues you are friendly with to support you if you have to be alone with that person. ▪ Her last evening - last Saturday - I suggested she asked a few hospital colleagues in for pasta, which she did. ▪ None has commented publicly, but they are asking colleagues to come to their defence. meet ▪ He met up with old colleagues such as Mike Evans and Graham Knight who gave him a typically ex-London welcome. ▪ At the same time that I met Linda, another colleague at Hunter made an impression on me. ▪ However, it is an ideal opportunity to meet one's colleagues on a regular basis and to discuss matters of concern. ▪ People no longer had access to their shops and offices, nor were they able to meet with their colleagues and neighbours. ▪ You've never considered whether I might be bored stiff meeting your work colleagues. ▪ The social evening held at Royston was very enjoyable, a fine opportunity to meet our colleagues in a relaxed atmosphere. ▪ It is good to meet and discuss with colleagues how your work is going and to enjoy a day of movement together. ▪ Harrison met his party colleagues for a celebration dinner on the outskirts of the city. tell ▪ Mollie can't believe her new shape and tells me that her colleagues can't get over the transformation either. ▪ Bliley told his colleagues that the amendment would kill the compromise he struggled to craft. ▪ Stirling's R.A.F. confidant made arrangements for converting the aircraft but did nothing about telling any of his colleagues planning the operation. ▪ I thought it foolhardy and told my colleague John so. ▪ Use community policing, he told his colleagues, and track down the title owners of drug houses. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I'd like you to meet a colleague of mine, Jean-Michel Blanc from our Paris office. ▪ Jenny is a conscientious manager, very popular with her colleagues. ▪ my colleagues at the university EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Along with his colleagues, more escapes were planned and other schemes hatched. ▪ Can you imagine him a colleague of yours? ▪ He was scathing in his criticism of colleagues whose work did not match these standards. ▪ In 1985 the Uyghur archaeologist Dolkun Kamberi and his colleagues uncovered five tombs, only two of which had not been looted. ▪ Long was a choleric, short-tempered man who was a constant trial to colleagues in opposition or in power.
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