company
1. an institution created to conduct business (Freq. 60)
- he only invests in large well-established companies
- he started the company in his garage
• Hypernyms:
institution, establishment
• Hyponyms:
broadcasting company, bureau de change, car company, auto company, dot-com,
dot com, dot com company, drug company, pharmaceutical company, pharma, East India Company,
electronics company, film company, food company, furniture company, mining company, shipping company,
steel company, subsidiary company, subsidiary, transportation company, distributor, oil company,
packaging company, packaging concern, pipeline company, printing concern, printing business, printing company,
corporate investor, target company, takeover target, white knight, limited company, Ltd.,
Ld., holding company, service, livery company, open shop, closed shop,
union shop, stock company, joint-stock company, record company, mover, public mover,
moving company, removal firm, removal company, think tank, think factory, shipper
2. small military unit;
usually two or three platoons (Freq. 28)
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
army unit
• Hyponyms:
trainband
• Member Holonyms:
battalion, battle group
• Member Meronyms:
platoon
3. the state of being with someone (Freq. 6)
- he missed their company
- he enjoyed the society of his friends
• Syn:
companionship, fellowship, society
• Derivationally related forms:
fellow (for: fellowship), companion (for: companionship)
• Hypernyms:
friendship, friendly relationship
• Hyponyms:
freemasonry
4. organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical) (Freq. 5)
- the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel
• Syn:
troupe
• Hypernyms:
organization, organisation
• Hyponyms:
opera company, theater company, ballet company, chorus, Greek chorus,
circus, minstrel show, minstrelsy
• Member Meronyms:
cast, cast of characters, dramatis personae
5. a social or business visitor (Freq. 3)
- the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company
• Syn:
caller
• Derivationally related forms:
call (for: caller)
• Hypernyms:
visitor, visitant
6. a social gathering of guests or companions (Freq. 3)
- the house was filled with company when I arrived
• Hypernyms:
social gathering, social affair
• Hyponyms:
attendance, cohort, number
7. 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
• Syn:
party
• Hypernyms:
set, circle, band, lot
• Hyponyms:
fatigue party, landing party, party to the action, party to the transaction, rescue party,
search party, stretcher party, war party
8. crew of a ship including the officers;
the whole force or personnel of a ship
• Syn:
ship's company
• Hypernyms:
complement, full complement
• Member Meronyms:
crew
9. a unit of firefighters including their equipment
- a hook-and-ladder company
• Hypernyms:
unit, social unit
be a companion to somebody
• Syn:
companion, accompany, keep company
• Derivationally related forms:
accompaniment (for: accompany), companion (for: companion)
• Hypernyms:
consort, associate, affiliate, assort
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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