noun · neutral
colleague
UK/ˈkɒl.iːɡ/US/ˈkɑː.liːɡ/COL·league
Band 6-7speakingtask2
a person you work with, especially in a professional job
Examples
“I asked a colleague from marketing to check the figures.”
“My colleagues and I have weekly meetings on Monday mornings.”
“She is a former colleague who now works at a different firm.”
Band 8 sentence
“I collaborated closely with a colleague in the research department to prepare the grant proposal.”
Collocations
- work colleague
- close colleague
- former colleague
Word family
colleague nouncollegial adjective
Common mistakes
My colleague are friendly.→My colleagues are friendly.
I have a many colleague→I have many colleagues
Say it for a higher band
5friend at work→6coworker→7+colleague
Synonyms
coworker
Easily confused
coworker
“I asked my colleague for help with the report.”
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