senior colleague
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseniorandcolleague
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senior
adjective
uk/ˈsiː.ni.ər/us/ˈsiː.njɚ/
high or higher ...
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colleague
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒl.iːɡ/us/ˈkɑː.liːɡ/
one of a group of people who ...
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(Definition ofseniorandcolleaguefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Disclosure must be to an appropriate person, such as aseniorcolleagueor police officer, and not to the press.
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I am sorry that he is having to carry the can for his incompetentseniorcolleague.
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Aseniorcolleaguewas definite in his opinion.
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It is important that he should be a little franker than hisseniorcolleaguewas about exactly what is proposed.
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Perhaps it does, but it is curious that when one has sent aseniorcolleagueto discuss this issue one does not ask about the state of the negotiations.
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However, after nine months, he was called to the office of aseniorcolleagueand told that he was too camp to read the news.
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For a living eulogy given in such cases as a retirement, aseniorcolleaguecould perhaps deliver it.
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Thus, all else being equal, it would be acceptable for a moreseniorcolleagueto receive higher compensation, since the value of his experience (and input) is higher.
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A junior consultant pathologist at the hospital in the early 80s asked hisseniorcolleaguewhy a perinatal uterus specimen he received seemed to have nothing wrong with it.
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We would like to acknowledge the comments and suggestions given on this continuing work by senior colleagues.
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In addition to his extensive teaching responsibilities, he served as a mentor not only to students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty, but also to many of his senior colleagues.
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He must be able to deal with his senior colleagues from a position of equality.
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The chief executive, with his senior colleagues, meets general managers regularly to discuss matters of mutual interest.
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The few who cannot will be represented by their senior colleagues.
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I remember speaking to senior colleagues in business, urging them to make a particular appointment.
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But naturally, in an issue like this, one consults some of one's senior colleagues.
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One wishes senior colleagues who have gone out to grass but who wish to do other things well.
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It is disgraceful that his senior colleagues should have left him alone to grapple with these difficult matters.
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He is still remembered with affection by my more senior colleagues.
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The planning of such operations is a matter for the commissioner and his senior colleagues.
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