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colleagues

Noun
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

People who work, study, or hold an office together, especially those connected by a shared profession, institution, or task.

Detailed Definition
Colleagues are fellow workers or professional associates. The poem uses the word in a workplace setting, but it is still a fairly common term and only mildly specialized.
Example
Example in poetry:
“Webcam call with colleagues, they’re laughing” brings workplace community into contemporary verse; Colleagues trade drafts beneath fluorescent light; Her colleagues know the calendar but not her grief; Remote colleagues appear as faces in separate squares
Additional Notes
The word is work-related vocabulary, but it is still common enough that many readers will already know it.; Found in the poem, Bugging Out by Richard
Also Known As
associates partners comrades peers
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