company
/ˈkʌmp(ə)ni/
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- Final y vowel sound
com - pa - ny -> company
(n) ကုမ္ပဏီ။ အဖော်။ အဖော်ပြုခြင်း။ ဧည့်ပရိသတ်။ လူအများ။ (လုပ်ဖော်ကိုင်ဖက်)တစ်သိုက်။ (ခြေလျင်တပ်ရင်း)တပ်ခွဲ။ တွဖော်တွဲဖက်။ အပေါင်း အသင်း။ လူပေါင်းမှားသည်။
၁။ (often Company ) [CGp] ကုမ္ပဏီ။
a manufacturing company ❍ an insurance company ❍ I get a company car with my new job. ❍ Compare FIRM2
၂။ [U] အဖော်။ အဖော်ပြုခြင်း။
I enjoy his company (ie I like being with him). ❍ be good/bad company (ie be pleasant/unpleasant to be with) ❍ I hate going out alone—I take my daughter for company (ie as a companion).
၃။ [U] ဧည့်ပရိသတ်။ လူအများ။ She told the assembled company what had happened. ❍ We're expecting company (ie guests or visitors) next week. ❍ It's bad manners to whisper in company (ie in the presence of others).
၄။ [CGp] (လုပ်ဖော်ကိုင်ဖက်)တစ်သိုက်။
a theatrical company (ie a number of actors regularly performing together) ❍ the ship's company (ie the crew).
၅။ [CGp] (ခြေလျင်တပ်ရင်း)တပ်ခွဲ။
❏ the company one keeps [IDM ] တွဲဖော်တွဲဖက်။ အပေါင်း အသင်း။ (saying ) You may know a man by the company he keeps (ie judge his character by his friends).
❏ get into/keep bad company [IDM ] လူပေါင်းမှားသည်။
❏ in company with sb [IDM ] အတူတူ။ I, in company with many others, feel this decision was wrong.
❏ in good company [IDM ] (joc ) အဖော်ကောင်းရှိသေး တယ်။ ‘I'm late again!’ ‘Well, you're in good company. The boss isn't here yet. ’
❏ keep sb company [IDM ] အဖော်လုပ်သည်။ I'll stay here and keep you company.
❏ two's company (, three's a crowd) [IDM ] (saying ) နှစ်ယောက်တည်းနေချင်တယ်။
- Max works for a large oil company.
- He joined the company in 1982.
- A local/multinational company
- [and Company] : Johnson and Company
- It’s company policy.
- We can’t all be company directors.
- [mixed company] : Some of the jokes weren’t really suitable for mixed company.
- [bad company] : Things started to go wrong when he got into bad company.
- I thought you might be glad of some company tonight.
- She doesn’t really feel like company at the moment.
- [the company of someone] : She’s always liked the company of powerful people.
- [someone’s company] : We usually enjoy his company.
- She’s not coming – she’s got company.
- The Royal Shakespeare Company
- A dance/theatre company
- The ship’s company
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