company
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noun1 business organizationADJECTIVE▪ big, large, leading, major▪
a major Japanese company
▪ medium-sized, mid-sized (esp. AmE)▪ small▪ reputable▪ profitable, successful▪ associated (BrE), holding, joint-stock, limited (in the UK), parent▪a public limited company
▪ start-up▪a small start-up software company
▪ family-owned, state-owned▪ private, public▪ international, multinational, national▪ commercial, utility▪ manufacturing, trading▪an international trading company
▪ drug, pharmaceutical▪ bus, insurance, oil, etc.▪a small insurance company
▪ dotcom, Internet, tech… OF COMPANIES▪ groupVERB + COMPANY▪ create, establish, form, found, launch, set up, start, start up▪ manage, operate, run▪ build, grow▪ own▪ acquire, buy, take over▪The company has been taken over by a rival.
▪ dissolve▪ sell▪ work for▪She's been working for the same company for ten years.
▪ join▪ leave, resign from▪ sueCOMPANY + VERB▪ make sth, manufacture sth, produce sth, sell sth, supply sth▪The company produces cotton goods.
▪ operate▪ expand, grow▪ shrink▪ merge▪ fail, go bankrupt, go bust, go into liquidation, go out of business, go to the wall (informal), go under▪During the recession many small companies went out of business.
COMPANY + NOUN▪ director, executive▪ owner, president▪ official, representative, spokesman, spokeswoman▪ policy▪ profits▪ car, pension▪ logo, name▪ headquarters▪ website▪ employeePREPOSITION▪ in a/the company▪He has shares in several companies.
▪ within a/the company▪the division of power within a company
PHRASES▪ a director of a company2 group of actors, dancers, etc.ADJECTIVE▪ large, small▪ touring▪ ballet, opera, repertory, stock (AmE), theatre/theater▪a small touring opera company
3 being with sb elseADJECTIVE▪ good, pleasant▪He's very good company.
▪ poorVERB + COMPANY▪ have▪It's nice to have a bit of company for a change.
▪ keep sb▪I'll stay and keep you company.
▪ need, want▪ provide (sb with)▪A cat would provide her with some company.
▪ seek▪ enjoy▪I always enjoy her company.
PREPOSITION▪ for company▪I took my mother with me for company.
▪ in sb's company▪He's nervous in the company of his colleagues.
PHRASES▪ have the pleasure of sb's company, request the pleasure of sb's company (both formal)▪ like your own company, prefer your own company (= to like being alone)4 group of people togetherADJECTIVE▪ mixed (= men and women)▪ assembled▪He glanced around the assembled company.
VERB + COMPANY▪ keep (= to spend time with people)▪John's mother was worried about the company he kept.
PREPOSITION▪ in company▪Those children don't know how to behave in company.
▪That's not something to say in mixed company.
PHRASES▪ get into bad company, keep bad company (= to be friends with people that others disapprove of)▪ present company excepted (= used after being rude or critical about sb to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism)5 visitor or visitorsVERB + COMPANY▪ expect, have▪We're expecting company this afternoon.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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