colleague
To unite or associate with another or with othersTo unite or associate with another or with others.
» Tom is my colleague and my friend.
Tom ist mir Kollege und Freund. — wolfgangth
Том - мой коллега и друг. — marafon
Том — мій колега та друг. — deniko
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1 sensesTo unite or associate with another or with others.
Examples
327 sentencesTom is my colleague and my friend.
Том — мій колега та друг. — deniko
ruТом - мой коллега и друг. — marafon
deTom ist mir Kollege und Freund. — wolfgangth
Tom is my colleague.
Том — мій колега. — deniko
ruТом — мой коллега. — Balamax
deTom ist mein Kollege. — Espi
This is Tom, my colleague.
Це Том, мій колега. — deniko
ruЭто Том, мой коллега. — odexed
deDas ist Tom, mein Kollege. — raggione
I can't speak for my colleagues.
ruЯ не могу говорить за коллег. — marafon
This is one of my colleagues.
Origin
From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”From Middle French collegue, from Latin collēga (“a partner in office”), from com- (“with”) + lēgō (“to send on an embassy”), from lēx (“law”).
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Forms
colleagues, colleaguing, colleagued, colleagued| Base form | colleague · to colleague |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | colleagues |
| Present participle | colleaguing |
| Past simple | colleagued |
| Past participle | colleagued |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- B1Work and jobs — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.