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company
[ kuhm-puh-nee ]
noun
- a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
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- a guest or guests:
We're having company for dinner.
- an assemblage of persons for social purposes.
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- companionship; fellowship; association:
I always enjoy her company.
- one's usual companions:
I don't like the company he keeps.
- society collectively.
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- a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, especially for business:
a publishing company;
a dance company.
- (initial capital letter) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title:
George Higgins and Company.
- Military.
- the smallest body of troops, consisting of a headquarters and two or three platoons.
- any relatively small group of soldiers.
- Army. a basic unit with both tactical and administrative functions.
- a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus:
a hook-and-ladder company.
- Also called ship's company. a ship's crew, including the officers.
- a medieval trade guild.
- the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
verb (used without object)
- Archaic. to associate.
verb (used with object)
- Archaic. to accompany.
company
/ ˈʌəɪ /
noun
- a number of people gathered together; assembly
- the fact of being with someone; companionship
I enjoy her company
- a social visitor or visitors; guest or guests
- a business enterprise
- the members of an enterprise not specifically mentioned in the enterprise's title AbbreviationCoco
- a group of actors, usually including business and technical personnel
- a unit of around 100 troops, usually comprising two or more platoons
- the officers and crew of a ship
- a unit of Girl Guides
- English history a medieval guild
- keep company or bear company
- to accompany (someone)
- (esp of lovers) to associate with each other; spend time together
- part company
- to end a friendship or association, esp as a result of a quarrel; separate
- foll by with to leave; go away (from); be separated (from)
verb
- archaic.to keep company or associate (with someone)
Other Word Forms
- dzp·Բ· adjective
- t·dzp·Բ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of company1
Word History and Origins
Origin of company1
Idioms and Phrases
- keep company,
- to associate with; be a friend of.
- Informal. to go together, as in courtship:
My sister has been keeping company with a young lawyer.
- part company,
- to cease association or friendship with:
We parted company 20 years ago after the argument.
- to take a different or opposite view; differ:
He parted company with his father on politics.
- to separate:
We parted company at the airport.
More idioms and phrases containing company
- keep someone company
- misery loves company
- part company
- two's company
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Social media is rife with photos of people slogging along the tracks in the company of toddlers and dogs, hauling picnic gear.
President Trump’s new trade policies, including a 145% tariff on Chinese goods, will affect every imported piece of the company’s energy-efficient lights, most of which are assembled in Pasadena from parts made in Asia.
In a list of demands sent to Occidental President Tom Stritikus this week, the hunger strikers re-upped their call for the college to remove direct and indirect investments in weapons-making companies with ties to Israel.
But our group and this mining company that came in to set up the base camp very likely could have been the first human beings to set foot in this area.
Earlier Friday, James Mickens, a computer science expert for the Justice Department, said Google could easily transfer ownership of Chrome to another company without breaking its functionality.
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More About Company
doescompany mean?
Company refers to a group of people.
Company is a common word with many different specific meanings, but they all have to do with a gathering of people or interaction among a group of people.
The word company perhaps most commonly refers to a business. Energizer is a company that makes and sells batteries. When company is used in the name of a business, it is often abbreviated as Co.
Company can be the guests you have over to your house. It can also refer to the presence of others: enjoying the company of your cousins.
Example: Sarah likes to walk home from school in the company of her best friend, Joe.
Where doescompany come from?
The first records of the word company come from around 1200. It ultimately comes from the Late Latin dzԾō, meaning “bread fellow.” Companion comes from the same source. Like companion, company has to do with people interacting with each other.
Company is used generally to mean a group of people gathered together. A parent may not like the company (friends) that their child keeps. Company can also be used to mean specific groups of people.
Company can refer to a small unit within the military or a larger group of firefighters. A ship’s crew is also a company.
Did you know ... ?
are some other forms related to company?
- companies (plural noun)
- companyless (adjective)
- intercompany (adjective)
are some synonyms for company?
are some words that share a root or word element with company?
are some words that often get used in discussing company?
How iscompany used in real life?
Company is most often used to mean a business or the people someone surrounds themself with.
I think Brandi is pretty great. She’s the defacto top woman in the company and has multiple roles to play, which she does well. If she’s not the best in-ring worker, she can draw on some amazing talent to teach her.
— David Smalley (@SmalleyDa)
I hate this company with all my heart. I wish they would just fire me.
— 🤍 (@anibayih)
I received a present from my pet supply company! These are gorgeous hand painted pictures of my pets from I am beside myself with glee. Thank You! Now, all I need is a matching one of my snuggle baby to complete my set. 🥰
— Brianna Miller (@BriannaM0929)
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Is company used correctly in the following sentence?
The loner superhero preferred the company of bats to other people.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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