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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/#x1)
- My teacher asked a colleague to help. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/#x2)
- The doctor discussed the case with a colleague. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/#x3)
- Dad's colleague gave him a lift home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/#x4)
- She is respected by all her colleagues. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/#x5)
- The new nurse met her colleagues on the ward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/#x6)
- “I am sorry,” said the Owl, “to have to contradict the Crow, my famous friend and colleague. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/#x7)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/1-a-day-at-a-grown-ups-job/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «colleague» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/colleague/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.