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# workmate

«workmate» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person you work with in the same job or place** — 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 workmate, workmates; mainly UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland)

### meaning for a pupil

A person you work with in the same job or place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life: parents talk about their workmates. In stories, workmates help or annoy each other. In the USA people more often say «coworker» or «colleague».

### examples

- Mum is going out for lunch with her workmates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmate/#x1)
- Dad's workmate gave him a lift home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmate/#x2)
- The workmates bought a cake for her birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmate/#x3)
- He gets on well with all his workmates. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmate/#x4)
- A good workmate helps when you are busy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmate/#x5)
- My aunt's workmates sent flowers when she was ill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/workmate/#x6)

### note

Countable; one word. Related: colleague (more formal), coworker (US), mate (Australia, UK informal friend).

### In the corpora

- [Some retired people miss the routine, their workmates and the feeling of being useful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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