company
/'kʌmpəni/
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Definition
Noun:
- A commercial business organization: A legally recognized entity formed to engage in commercial or industrial activities.
- The fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment: Companionship.
- A guest or guests; visitors collectively: People who are visiting someone socially.
- A group of people gathered together for a particular purpose: Such as a theatrical troupe, a military unit, or a group of associates.
- A unit of firefighters or their equipment.
Verb (archaic):
- To accompany or be a companion to someone.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Business Organization):
- She works for a software company.
- He founded his own company after graduating.
- Noun (Companionship):
- I enjoy your company.
- He offered to stay and keep her company.
- Noun (Visitors):
- We're expecting company for dinner tonight.
- I didn't realize you had company; I'll come back later.
- Noun (Group):
- A theater company performed the play.
- The ship's company prepared for the storm.
- Verb:
- They companied her on the long journey home. (Archaic usage)
Advanced Usage
- "To keep company":
- To spend time with someone regularly, often romantically.
- They have been keeping company for several months now.
- "To part company (with someone)":
- To end a relationship or association; to go separate ways.
- They parted company after a disagreement about the project's direction.
- "In company (with)":
- Together with someone.
- She arrived in company with her colleagues.
Variants and Related Words
- Companion (n): A person or animal with whom one spends time or travels.
- Companionship (n): A feeling of fellowship or friendship.
- Accompany (v): To go somewhere with someone as a companion.
- Corporate (adj): Relating to a large company or group.
Synonyms
- Firm: A business organization, especially one involving a partnership.
- Corporation: A large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity.
- Presence: The state of existing or occurring in a place, often implying companionship.
- Association: A group of people organized for a joint purpose.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Keep bad company: To associate with people who have a bad influence.
- His parents were worried he was keeping bad company.
- Two's company, three's a crowd: An idiom suggesting that a third person is unwelcome when two people (especially lovers) want to be alone.
Related Idioms
- Misery loves company: People who are unhappy often seek others who are also unhappy.
- He was glad to see I'd failed the test too—misery loves company.
- Present company excepted: Used to indicate that a critical remark does not apply to the people who are present.
- Most politicians, present company excepted, are not to be trusted.
Noun
- a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- a hook-and-ladder company
- crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship
- a band of people associated temporarily in some activity
- they organized a party to search for food
- the company of cooks walked into the kitchen
- a social gathering of guests or companions
- the house was filled with company when I arrived
- a social or business visitor
- the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company
- organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical)
- the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel
- the state of being with someone
- he missed their company
- he enjoyed the society of his friends
- small military unit; usually two or three platoons
- an institution created to conduct business
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
Verb
- be a companion to somebody