{
    "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’."
}