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- [kuhm-puh-nee]
- /ˈkʌm pə ni/
- /ˈkʌmpəni/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kuhm-puh-nee]
- /ˈkʌm pə ni/
Definitions of company word
- countable noun company A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services. 3
- countable noun company A company is a group of opera singers, dancers, or actors who work together. 3
- countable noun company A company is a group of soldiers that is usually part of a battalion or regiment, and that is divided into two or more platoons. 3
- uncountable noun company Company is having another person or other people with you, usually when this is pleasant or stops you feeling lonely. 3
- noun company a number of people gathered together; assembly 3
- noun company the fact of being with someone; companionship 3
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Origin of company
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English < Anglo-French; Old French compaignie companionship, equivalent to compain (< Late Latin compāniō; see companion1) + -ie -y3
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Parts of speech for Company
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
company popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
company usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for company
noun company
- group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- club — A club is an organization of people interested in a particular activity or subject who usually meet on a regular basis.
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- team — a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest: a football team.
- party — a social gathering, as of invited guests at a private home, for conversation, refreshments, entertainment, etc.: a cocktail party.
adjective company
- corporate — Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation.
verb company
- keep company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- partnered — a person who shares or is associated with another in some action or endeavor; sharer; associate.
- take out — the act of taking.
- convoy — A convoy is a group of vehicles or ships travelling together.
- run with — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
Antonyms for company
noun company
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
- host — the bread or wafer consecrated in the celebration of the Eucharist.
- isolation — an act or instance of isolating.
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