- 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
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- close
- trusted
- junior
- …
Word Originearly 16th cent.: from French collègue, from Latin collega ‘partner in office’, from col- ‘together with’ + legare ‘depute’.Want to learn more?
Find out which words work together and produce more natural sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app.
Check pronunciation:
colleague