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{ "term": "company", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a business organization that makes money by producing or selling goods or services", "labels": "(North American English)(British English)", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**insurance/oil/tech/technology/pharmaceutical companies**" }, { "text": "It is the world's largest **software company**." }, { "text": "He works for the National Bus Company." }, { "text": "Carrington **and Company** of London" }, { "text": "a **large/small company**" }, { "text": "She **runs** her own TV production **company**." }, { "text": "to **own/start/found a company**" }, { "text": "The company has/have just announced record profits." }, { "text": "Smoking in the workplace is against **company policy**." }, { "text": "Company profits were 5 per cent lower than last year." }, { "text": "a **company executive/director**" }, { "text": "a company pension" }, { "text": "During the recession many small companies went out of business." }, { "text": "He has shares in several companies." }, { "text": "She's been working for the same company for 15 years." }, { "text": "The company has been taken over by a rival." }, { "text": "The company produces cotton goods." }, { "text": "a major European company" }, { "text": "a small insurance company" }, { "text": "a small start-up software company" }, { "text": "an international trading company" }, { "text": "the division of power within a company" }, { "text": "It is company policy not to allow smoking in the building." }, { "text": "Mike gets a company car with his new job." }, { "text": "She joined the company in 2009." }, { "text": "During the 1980s it was one of the largest computer companies in the world." }, { "text": "This new car has been developed with parent company Toyota." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "large", "leading"], "… of companies": ["group"], "verb + company": ["create", "establish", "form"], "company + verb": [ "make something", "manufacture something", "produce something" ], "company + noun": ["director", "executive", "owner"], "preposition": ["in a/the company", "within a/the company"], "phrases": ["a director of a company"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "a group of people who work or perform together", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a theatre/dance company" }, { "text": "the Royal Shakespeare Company" }, { "text": "a small touring opera company" }, { "text": "The company has/have just been on tour." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["large", "small", "touring"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "the fact of being with somebody else and not alone", "sensetop": "somebody's companyin the company of somebodyfor company", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I enjoy Jo's company *(= I enjoy being with her)*.", "contextForm": "somebody's company" }, { "text": "a pleasant evening in the company of friends", "contextForm": "in the company of somebody" }, { "text": "She enjoys **her own company** *(= being by herself)* when she is travelling." }, { "text": "The children are very **good company** *(= pleasant to be with)* at this age." }, { "text": "He's coming with me for company.", "contextForm": "for company" }, { "text": "He's nervous in the company of his colleagues." }, { "text": "He's very good company." }, { "text": "I always enjoy her company." }, { "text": "I took my mother with me for company." }, { "text": "It's nice to have a bit of company for a change." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["good", "pleasant", "poor"], "verb + company": ["have", "keep somebody", "need"], "preposition": ["for company", "in somebody’s company"], "phrases": [ "have the pleasure of somebody’s company", "request the pleasure of somebody’s company", "like your own company" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "guests in your house", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "I didn't realize you **had company**." }, { "text": "We're expecting company this afternoon." }, { "text": "The dining room was only used when they had company." } ], "collocations": { "verb + company": ["expect", "have"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a group of people together", "sensetop": "in company", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "She told the assembled company what had happened." }, { "text": "It is bad manners to whisper in company *(= in a group of people)*.", "contextForm": "in company" }, { "text": "Those children don't know how to behave in company." }, { "text": "He glanced around the assembled company." }, { "text": "It's not the type of joke you'd tell in mixed company (= in a group of people of both sexes)." } ], "collocations": { "adjective": ["mixed", "assembled"], "verb + company": ["keep"], "preposition": ["in company"], "phrases": [ "get into bad company", "keep bad company", "present company excepted" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a group of soldiers that is part of a battalion", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "the people that somebody spends time with", "examples": [ { "text": "Judging by the company he kept, Mark must have been a wealthy man." }, { "text": "Jane's mother was worried about the company she kept." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to be friends with people that others think are bad", "examples": [ { "text": "They worried about their teenage son getting into bad company." }, { "text": "She got into bad company and got involved in crime." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "together with or at the same time as somebody/something", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "She arrived in company with the ship's captain." }, { "text": "The US dollar went through a difficult time, in company with the oil market." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if you say that somebody is in good company, you mean that they should not worry about a mistake, etc. because somebody else, especially somebody more important, has done the same thing", "examples": [ { "text": "If you worry about your relationship with your teenage son or daughter, you are in good company. Many parents share these worries." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to stay with somebody so that they are not alone", "examples": [ { "text": "I'll keep you company while you're waiting." }, { "text": "I'll stay and keep you company." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to leave somebody; to end a relationship with somebody", "examples": [ { "text": "This is where we part company *(= go in different directions)*." }, { "text": "The band have parted company with their manager." }, { "text": "The band and their manager have parted company." }, { "text": "He parted ways with the team at the end of the season." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to disagree with somebody about something", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "Weber parted company with Marx on a number of important issues." }, { "text": "The two leaders parted ways on this question." } ], "topics": ["Opinion and argument"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used after being rude or critical about somebody to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "The people in this office are so narrow-minded, present company excepted, of course." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to suggest that it is better to be in a group of only two people than have a third person with you as well", "labels": "(saying)", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈkʌmpəni/", "audio": "co/company/company__gb_4.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/ˈkʌmpəni/", "audio": "co/company/company__us_2.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English (in senses (2) to (6)): from Old French compainie; related to compaignon, literally ‘one who breaks bread with another’, based on Latin com- ‘together with’ + panis ‘bread’." }