Meaning

4 senses

  1. (archaic, transitive)To accompany, keep company with.

  2. (archaic, intransitive)To associate.

  3. (intransitive, obsolete)To be a lively, cheerful companion.

    be a companion to somebody

  4. (intransitive, obsolete)To have sexual intercourse.

Examples

3299 sentences

  1. I work for a shipping company.

    Я працюю у транспортній компанії. — deniko

    ruЯ работаю в транспортной компании. — Biga

    deIch arbeite für eine Reederei. — Yorwba

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  2. Tom works for a large company.

    Том працює в великій фірмі. — older

    ruТом работает в большой фирме. — fjay69

    deTom arbeitet für eine große Firma. — Zaghawa

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  3. Tom works for a computer company.

    Том працює у комп'ютерній компанії. — deniko

    deTom arbeitet für eine Computerfirma. — wolfgangth

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  4. I work for an insurance company.

    Я працюю у страховій компанії. — deniko

    ruЯ работаю в страховой компании. — nina99nv

    deIch arbeite bei einem Versicherungsunternehmen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I'm the owner of this company.

    Я власник цієї компанії. — deniko

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Origin

From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“compa

From Middle English companye (“a team; companionship”), from Old French compaignie (“companionship”) (Modern French: compagnie), possibly from Late Latin *compania, but this word is not attested. Old French compaignie is equivalent to Old French compaignon (Modern French: compagnon) + -ie. More at companion.

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Forms

companies, companying, companied, companied
Base formcompany · to company
3rd person singularcompanies
Present participlecompanying
Past simplecompanied
Past participlecompanied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycompany
he, she, itcompanies

Past simpleLesson

all personscompanied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave companied
he, she, ithas companied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill company

Synonyms

9 synonyms
to accompany:attendB1escortgo with
to have sexual intercourse:fornicate
have sexmake love
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • for our company
  • by the company
  • an insurance company
  • insurance company
  • of the company
  • joined our company
  • a trading company
  • the same company
  • trading company
  • a small company
  • very good company
  • of this company

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
compactorcompanionB1companionshipcomparablecomparativeA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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