colleen

Examples

• All

• My name is Colleen Clark.

  Assisted Fishing (2012)

• Beck's oceanfront mansion - morning. Colleen Beck, George's next-door neighbor, is a well-maintained blonde in her late thirties.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Besides her sister, Colleen spent time with only one other friend that summer.

  Academic text (2004)

• I mean, Mike, you don't mind if Colleen says goodbye?

  Morning Glory (2010)

• Swimming had been part of Colleen's identity for almost 10 years.

  Academic text (2004)

• Standing beside Colleen, I watch my father as he concentrates on the ball and himself.

  Fiction book (2001)

• "We could drive you home, Harvey," says Colleen, patting my father on the knee again.

  Fiction book (2001)

• I confided to our younger daughter that I wondered whether Colleen was depressed.

  Academic text (2004)

• Aren't Colleen and her husband just the sweetest, cutest couple?

  Welcome to Marwen (2018)

• COLLEEN'S ENTRY - EVENING: Colleen and Alyssa walk into the house listless; both look tired and sad.

  Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

I

Irishwoman

vscolleen

1 1.8

A woman from Ireland

is used for a younger Irish female, typically a girl rather than an adult

How Young

child

∞ 1.0

girl

∞ 1.0

colleen

• Archaic

5 9.8

young woman

604 1.0

woman

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology