company
a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
a guest or guests: We're having company for dinner.
an assemblage of persons for social purposes.
companionship; fellowship; association: I always enjoy her company.
one's usual companions: I don't like the company he keeps.
society collectively.
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.
Archaic. to associate.
Archaic. to accompany.
Idioms about 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.
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.
Origin of company
1synonym study For company
Other words for company
Other words from company
- com·pa·ny·less, adjective
- in·ter·com·pa·ny, adjective
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How to use company in a sentence
When companies do bad things they ought to be held accountable for them.
Why Do ‘Progressives’ Want to Ban Uber and AirBnB? | Adam Thierer, Christopher Koopman | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCompanies like Delta, Apple, and Nike flex their political muscle on behalf of gay rights.
Joseph LaRocca says some companies are upping the ante in terms of fending off return fraudsters.
The Insane $11 Billion Scam at Retailers’ Return Desks | M.L. Nestel | December 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis leaves thousands of women at companies across the United States left to pay out of pocket for their birth control.
As a Washington attorney, he took on companies that seemed immune to change, even when they were ineffective.
In 1622 a monopoly of the importation of tobacco was granted to the Virginia and Somers Island, companies.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.In the beginning it only embraced nine companies, and six people were enough to do its work.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowEighteen hundred and fifty-one was a period of anxiety to the Midland and to railway companies generally.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowRailway expectations ran high; immense traffic receipts, sorely needed, ought to have swelled the coffers of the companies.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowSince then the whole of the trade of transit by rail has been conducted by the companies owning the lines.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph Tatlow
British Dictionary definitions for company
/ (ˈkʌmpənɪ) /
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: Abbreviation: Co, co
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)
archaic to keep company or associate (with someone)
Origin of company
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with company
In addition to the idioms beginning with company
- company man
- company manners
also see:
- keep someone company
- misery loves company
- part company
- two's company
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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