ALL meanings of keep company
keep com·pa·ny
K k - noun plural keep company a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people. 1
- noun plural keep company a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner. 1
- noun plural keep company an assemblage of persons for social purposes. 1
- noun plural keep company companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company. 1
- noun plural keep company one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps. 1
- noun plural keep company society collectively. 1
- noun plural keep company a number of persons united or incorporated for joint action, especially for business: a publishing company; a dance company. 1
- noun plural keep company (initial capital letter) the members of a firm not specifically named in the firm's title: George Higgins and Company. 1
- noun plural keep 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. 1
- noun plural keep company a unit of firefighters, including their special apparatus: a hook-and-ladder company. 1
- noun plural keep company Also called ship's company. a ship's crew, including the officers. 1
- noun plural keep company a medieval trade guild. 1
- noun plural keep company the Company, Informal. a nation's major intelligence-gathering and espionage organization, as the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. 1
- verb without object keep company Archaic. to associate. 1
- verb with object keep company Archaic. to accompany. 1
- idioms keep company 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. 1
- idioms keep company 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. 1
- transitive verb+noun keep company prevent being lonely 1
- phrase keep company If you keep company with a person or with a particular kind of person, you spend a lot of time with them. 0
- noun keep company to accompany (someone) 0
- noun keep company (esp of lovers) to associate with each other; spend time together 0
- noun keep company to associate (with) 0
- noun keep company to go together; associate habitually 0