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Word: Colleague
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 16th century: from French collègue, from Latin collega ‘partner in office’, from col- ‘together with’ + legare ‘depute’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒliːɡ
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a person with whom one works in a profession or business
Short Definition:person with whom one works in profession or business
Examples:- she thanked her colleagues in the federation for their work this year
- he and his colleagues presented some of these results at the September meeting
- Simon was also a very good colleague
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