Dictionary entry

The company one keeps

Pronunciation

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Myanmar Meaning

[IDM ] တွဲဖော်တွဲဖက်။ အပေါင်း အသင်း။

Definition

company /'kʌmpǝni/ n ၁။ (often Company ) [CGp] ကုမၸဏီ။ a manufacturing company ❍ an insurance company ❍ I get a company car with my new job. ❍ Compare FIRM 2 ၂။ [U] အေဖာ္။ အေဖာ္ျပဳျခင္း။ 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] ဧည့္ပရိသတ္။ လူအမ်ား။ 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] (လုပ္ေဖာ္ကိုင္ဖက္)တစ္သိုက္။ a theatrical company (ie a number of actors regularly performing together) ❍ the ship's company (ie the crew). ၅။ [CGp] (ေျခလ်င္တပ္ရင္း)တပ္ခြဲ။ ❏ the company one keeps [ IDM ] တြဲေဖာ္တြဲဖက္။ အေပါင္း အသင္း။ ( saying ) You may know a man by the company he keeps (ie judge his character by his friends). ❏ get into/keep bad company [ IDM ] လူေပါင္းမွားသည္။ ❏ in company with sb [ IDM ] အတူတူ။ I, in company with many others, feel this decision was wrong. ❏ in good company [ IDM ] ( joc ) အေဖာ္ေကာင္းရိွေသး တယ္။ ‘I'm late again!’ ‘Well, you're in good company. The boss isn't here yet. ’ ❏ keep sb company [ IDM ] အေဖာ္လုပ္သည္။ I'll stay here and keep you company. ❏ two's company (, three's a crowd) [ IDM ] ( saying ) ႏွစ္ေယာက္တည္းေနခ်င္တယ္။

Examples

  1. Max works for a large oil company.
  2. He joined the company in 1982.
  3. A local/multinational company
  4. [and Company] : Johnson and Company
  5. It’s company policy.
  6. We can’t all be company directors.
  7. [mixed company] : Some of the jokes weren’t really suitable for mixed company.
  8. [bad company] : Things started to go wrong when he got into bad company.
  9. I thought you might be glad of some company tonight.
  10. She doesn’t really feel like company at the moment.
  11. [the company of someone] : She’s always liked the company of powerful people.
  12. [someone’s company] : We usually enjoy his company.
  13. She’s not coming – she’s got company.
  14. The Royal Shakespeare Company
  15. A dance/theatre company
  16. The ship’s company