English-Thai Dictionary

company

N กลุ่มคน  throng band gathering klum-kon

 

company

N ความเป็นเพื่อน  fellowship associates club kwam-pen-puean

 

company

N แขก ผู้ มา เยี่ยม  visitor guest kaek-phu-ma-yiam

 

company bull

SL นักสืบเอกชน  nak-sueb-ek-ka-chon

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMPANY

n. 1. In military affairs, the soldiers united under the command of a captain; a subdivision of a regiment, consisting usually of a number from 6 to 1 men. But the number is indefinite.
2. Any assemblage of persons; a collection of men, or other animals, in a very indefinite sense. It may be applied to a small number, or any multitude whatever; as in scripture we read of a company of priests, a company of prophets, and an innumerable company of angels; also, a company of horses.
3. An assemblage of persons for entertainment or festivity; a party collected by invitation or otherwise.
4. Persons that associate with others for conversation or pleasure; society; as, let your children keep good company.
5. The state of being a companion; the act of accompanying; fellowship; society.
I will keep thee company.
We cannot enjoy the company of licentious men.
6. A number of persons untied for the same purpose, or in a joint concern; as a company of merchants or mechanics; a company of players. The word is applicable to private partnerships or to incorporated bodies of men. Hence it may signify a firm, house or partnership; or a corporation, as the East India Company, a banking or insurance company.
7. The crew of a ship, including the officers; also, a fleet.
To bear company, to accompany; to attend; to go with; denoting a temporary association.
His faithful dog shall bear him company.
To keep company, to accompany; to attend; also, to associate with frequently or habitually; hence, to frequent public houses. Proverbs 29:3.

 

COMPANY

v.t.To accompany; to attend; to go with; to be companion to.

 

COMPANY

v.i. 1. To associate with; to frequent the company of.
I wrote you not to company with fornicators. 1 Corinthians 5:9.
2. To be a gay companion.
3. To have commerce with the other sex.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMPANY

Com "pa *ny, n.; pl. Companies. Etym: [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing.See Companion. ]

 

1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompaying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. Shak. Evil company doth corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver. ).Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton.

 

2. A companion or companions. To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. Shak.

 

3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient. Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. 1 Sam. x. 5.

 

4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.

 

5. Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse. Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. Swift.

 

6. An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.

 

7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.

 

8. (Mil. )

 

Defn: A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength ) 1 men.

 

9. (Naut. )

 

Defn: The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.

 

1 . The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t.

 

Syn. -- Assemblage; assembly; society; group; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd; troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity; guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party; gathering.

 

COMPANY

Com "pa *ny, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Companied; p. pr. & vb. n.Companying.]

 

Defn: To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs. ]

 

COMPANY

COMPANY Com "pa *ny, v. i.

 

1. To associate. Men which have companied with us all the time. Acts i. 21.

 

2. To be a gay companion. [Obs. ] Spenser.

 

3. To have sexual commerce. [Obs. ] Bp. Hall.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

company

com pa ny |ˈkəmpənē ˈkəmp (ə )ni | ▶noun ( pl. companies ) 1 a commercial business: a shipping company | [ in names ] : the Ford Motor Company | [ as modifier ] : a company director. 2 the fact or condition of being with another or others, esp. in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment: I could do with some company. • a person or people seen as a source of such friendship and enjoyment: she is excellent company. • the person or group of people whose society someone is currently sharing: he was silent among such distinguished company. • a visiting person or group of people: I'm expecting company. 3 a number of individuals gathered together, esp. for a particular purpose: the mayor addressed the assembled company. • a body of soldiers, esp. the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion, typically commanded by a major or captain: the troops of C Company. • a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together: a touring opera company. 4 (the Company ) informal the Central Intelligence Agency. ▶verb ( companies, companying, companied ) [ no obj. ] (company with ) literary associate with; keep company with: these men which have companied with us all this time. • [ with obj. ] archaic accompany (someone ): the fair dame, companied by Statius and myself. PHRASES and company used after a person's name to denote those people usually associated with them: the psycholinguistics of Jacques Lacan and company. • used in the name of a business to denote other unspecified partners: Little, Brown and Company. be in good company be in the same situation as someone important or respected: if you spot the ghost, you are in good company: King George V saw it too. in company with another person or a group of people: you were never to mention in company your father's uncle. in company with together with: the U.S. dollar went through a bad patch in 1986, in company with the oil market. keep someone company accompany or spend time with someone in order to prevent them from feeling lonely or bored. • engage in the same activity as someone else in order to be sociable: I'll have a drink myself, just to keep you company. keep company with associate with habitually: we don't especially care for the people he's been keeping company with. • have a social or romantic relationship with; date: are you keeping company with anyone special these days? part company see part. ORIGIN Middle English (in sense 2 of the noun and sense 3 of the noun ): from Old French compainie; related to compaignon (see companion 1 ).

 

company car

com pa ny car |ˈkəmp (ə )ni kɑr | ▶noun a car provided by a company for the business and sometimes private use of an employee.

 

company officer

com pa ny of fi cer ▶noun an army officer serving within an infantry company.

 

company sergeant major

com |pany ser |geant major ▶noun the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer of an infantry company.

 

Oxford Dictionary

company

com |pany |ˈkʌmp (ə )ni | ▶noun ( pl. companies ) 1 a commercial business: a shipping company | [ in names ] : the Ford Motor Company | [ as modifier ] : a company director. 2 [ mass noun ] the fact or condition of being with another or others, especially in a way that provides friendship and enjoyment: I really enjoy his company. • [ with adj. or modifier ] a person or people regarded as pleasant (or unpleasant ) to be with: she is excellent company | you're not much company —I might as well go home. • the person or group of people whose society one is currently sharing: he was silent among such distinguished company. • a visiting person or group of people: I'm expecting company. 3 a number of individuals gathered together: the Mayor addressed the assembled company. • a body of soldiers, especially the smallest subdivision of an infantry battalion, typically commanded by a major or captain: B Company of the Cheshire Regiment. • a group of actors, singers, or dancers who perform together: a national opera company. • Brit. a group of Guides. ▶verb ( companies, companying, companied ) [ no obj. ] (company with ) literary associate with; keep company with: these men which have companied with us all this time. • [ with obj. ] archaic accompany (someone ): the fair dame, companied by Statius and myself. PHRASES and company used after a person's name to denote those people usually associated with them. be in good company be in the same situation as someone important or respected. in company with another person or a group of people: he feels at ease in company. in company with together with: the US dollar went through a bad patch in 1986, in company with the oil market. keep (or archaic bear ) someone company accompany or spend time with someone in order to prevent them feeling lonely or bored. • engage in the same activity as someone else in order to be sociable: I'll have a drink myself, just to keep you company. keep company with associate with habitually: she began keeping company with a real-estate developer. ORIGIN Middle English (in sense 2 of the noun, sense 3 of the noun ): from Old French compainie; related to compaignon (see companion 1 ).

 

company car

com |pany car ▶noun a car provided by a firm for the business and private use of an employee.

 

company officer

com |pany of ¦fi |cer ▶noun an army officer serving within an infantry company.

 

company promoter

com |pany pro |moter ▶noun see promoter.

 

company sergeant major

com |pany ser |geant major ▶noun the highest-ranking non-commissioned officer of an infantry company.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

company

company noun 1 an oil company: firm, business, corporation, establishment, agency, office, bureau, institution, organization, concern, enterprise; conglomerate, consortium, syndicate, multinational; informal outfit. 2 I enjoy his company: companionship, friendship, fellowship, amity, camaraderie; society, association. 3 I'm expecting company: guests, house guests, visitors, callers, people; someone. 4 a company of poets: group, crowd, party, band, assembly, cluster, flock, herd, troupe, throng, congregation; informal bunch, gang. 5 a company of infantry: unit, section, detachment, troop, corps, squad, squadron, platoon, battalion, division. WORD LINKS corporate relating to a company Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

company

company noun 1 he works for the world's biggest oil company: firm, business, corporation, house, establishment, agency, office, bureau, institution, organization, operation, concern, enterprise, venture, undertaking, practice; conglomerate, consortium, syndicate, group, chain, combine, multiple, multinational; informal outfit, set-up. 2 I was greatly looking forward to the pleasure of his company: companionship, presence, friendship, fellowship, closeness, amity, camaraderie, comradeship; society, association. 3 I'm expecting company: guests, a guest, visitors, a visitor, callers, a caller, people, someone; archaic visitants. 4 he disentangled himself from the surrounding company of poets: group, crowd, body, party, band, collection, assembly, assemblage, cluster, flock, herd, horde, troupe, swarm, stream, mob, throng, congregation, gathering, meeting, convention; informal bunch, gang, gaggle, posse, crew, pack; Brit. informal shower. 5 he recognized the company of infantry as French: unit, section, detachment, troop, corps, squad, squadron, platoon, battalion, division. PHRASES keep someone company we had originally gotten him a dog to keep him company while we were away: accompany, go with, go along with, travel with, tag along with, partner, escort, chaperone, attend, follow, conduct, lead, take, show, see, guide, steer, usher, pilot, convoy, help, assist, show someone the way; lead the way; Scottish chum; rare company, bear someone company, companion. WORD LINKS company corporate relating to a company Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

company

com pa ny /kʌ́mp (ə )ni /〖com (一緒に )panion (パン )を食べる仲間 〗名詞 複 -nies /-z /1 a. C 〖集合的に; ｟英 ｠では単複両扱い; しばしば名前の一部として 〗会社 (｟略 ｠Co. ); (会社名に名を出していない )共同出資者, 共同経営者 ▸ Ford Motor Company フォード自動車 ▸ join [leave ] a company 入社 [退社 ]する ▸ What company do you work for? ≒What company are you with? どこ (の会社 )にお勤めですか ▸ run a record company レコード会社を経営している ▸ set up [start, found ] a company 会社を起こす ▸ an insurance company based in Tokyo 東京に本拠を置く保険会社 ▸ Dow Jones & Co .ダウ ジョーンズ社 (!「ダウ, ジョーンズ, および名を出していない共同出資者の会社 」の意 ) b. 〖形容詞的に 〗会社の ; 社用の ▸ a company car 社用車 類義 companyとoffice, firm, corporation company は仕事上の目的を持った人の集まりである組織としての 「会社 」を表す語であるのに対し, office は仕事が行われる建物 部屋など, 働く場所を意識した語 ▸ go to the office [╳company ]会社に行く .firm は2人以上の合資により経営される会社で, 特に法律 金融 経営などの専門業種および特定分野の調査にかかわる会社をいうが, companyと区別なく使われることもある. corporation は法的に認められた企業体で, 特に大企業あるいは企業グループをさす .2 U 同伴 , 同行 , 同席 , 一緒にいること (companionship ); 交際 , 付き合い ; 仲間 , 連れ ▸ I enjoy her [my own ] company .彼女は一緒にいると楽しい [私は一人でいるのが好きだ ]▸ Dave is good [poor, boring ] company .デイヴは一緒にいて楽しい [楽しくない, 退屈な ]男だ ▸ His mother doesn't like the company he keeps .母親は彼が付き合っている連中を嫌っている 3 U ｟かたく ｠(食事 [泊り ]に来る )客 (guests )▸ We have [are expecting ] company this weekend .うちでは今週末にお客がある 4 U ｟かたく ｠(特定の目的で )同席の人々 , 団体 ▸ The tour conductor explained the schedule to the assembled company .添乗員は集まった一行に旅程を説明した ▸ mixed company 男女入り交じった集まり 5 C 〖集合的に; 単複両扱い; しばしば名前の一部として 〗(俳優 ダンサー 歌手などの )団 , カンパニー (band 2, troupe )▸ a theatre company 劇団 ▸ the Royal Shakespeare Company ロイヤル シェイクスピア劇団 6 C 〖集合的に; ｟英 ｠では単複両扱い 〗a. 〖しばしば名前で 〗〘軍 〙中隊 〘120人ぐらいの規模 〙(→battery , flight 1 , troop ).b. 〘海 〙(全 )乗組員 .c. ｟米 ｠消防隊 .7 ｟米話 ｠〖the C- 〗諜報 （ちようほう ）機関 (!米国のCIAなど ) .8 C 〘英史 〙(中世の )職業組合 , ギルド .A and c ó mpany 〖Aは人名 〗1 〖通例 & Co. の形で 〗A社, A商会 (↑名詞 1a 第7例 ).2 ｟くだけた話 けなして ｠Aたち, Aの連中 [グループ ].b è ar A c ó mpany ｟古 ｠＝keep A company .be in g ò od c ó mpany 1 (同じ問題をかかえた )仲間はたくさんいる ▸ If you can't understand the instruction book, you're in good company .説明書がちんぷんかんぷんでも気にすることないよ . 皆同じようなものさ 2 よい仲間と付き合っている .for c ó mpany 1 付き合いに .2 (旅の )連れとして, (話し )相手として ▸ We're going together for company .我々は旅は道連れで行動を共にしている g è t into [f à ll into, k è ep ] bad c ó mpany 悪い仲間と付き合う .in c ó mpany (特に改まった場の )人前で, 人に立ち混って ; 連れ立って (↔alone ).in c ó mpany with A ｟かたく ｠A 〈人 グループ 〉と一緒に ; A 〈物 事 〉と同時に, Aと共に .in the c ó mpany of A = in A's c ó mpany 1 A 〈人 〉と一緒に .2 ｟かたく ｠A 〈物 事 〉と同時に .(I ) s ì n [è rr ] in g ò od c ó mpany りっぱな人たちも犯す罪を犯す (!同じ間違いはりっぱな人でもするという自己弁護 ) .k è ep A c ó mpany (寂しがらせないように )A 〈人 〉に付き合う, A 〈人 〉に同行する ▸ I'll keep your kids company until you come back .帰ってくるまであなたの子供たちと一緒にいてあげる k è ep c ó mpany with A 1 A 〈人 〉と一緒に行く, 同行する .2 ｟やや古 ｠A 〈人 〉と (恋愛で )付き合う, よく一緒に外出する .p à rt c ó mpany ｟かたく ｠1 【人と 】別れる «with » .2 【人と 】関係を絶つ «with » .3 【人 話題と 】意見を異にする «with » .pr è sent c ò mpany exc é pted ｟話 ｠(人を非難する発言の後で )ここにおられる方は別ですが (!丁寧な表現 ) .Tw ò 's c ó mpany (, thr è e's a cr ó wd [none ]).｟ことわざ くだけて ｠2人は仲間 (, 3人はただの寄り合い [3人では仲間割れ ]) (!特に恋人は2人にしてやるべきだという意味で用いる ) .～̀ l á w 会社法 .～̀ p ó licy 会社の方針 .～̀ s é cretary ｟英 ｠(会社の )経理 [総務 ]部員 .～́ t ò wn 企業城下町, 会社町 〘住民の多くが被雇用者であるために, 財政 経済が1企業に依存している都市 〙.