company
(noun) an institution created to conduct business; “he only invests in large well-established companies”; “he started the company in his garage”
company
(noun) a unit of firefighters including their equipment; “a hook-and-ladder company”
company
(noun) a social gathering of guests or companions; “the house was filled with company when I arrived”
company, troupe
(noun) organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical); “the traveling company all stayed at the same hotel”
company
(noun) small military unit; usually two or three platoons
party, company
(noun) a band of people associated temporarily in some activity; “they organized a party to search for food”; “the company of cooks walked into the kitchen”
caller, company
(noun) a social or business visitor; “the room was a mess because he hadn’t expected company”
company, companionship, fellowship, society
(noun) the state of being with someone; “he missed their company”; “he enjoyed the society of his friends”
company, companion, accompany, keep company
(verb) be a companion to somebody
Source: WordNet® 3.1
company (countable and uncountable, plural companies)
A team; a group of people who work together professionally.
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
(espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
A small group of birds or animals.
(legal) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
(uncountable) Companionship.
• (in legal context, a corporation): corporation
• (group of individuals with a common purpose): association, companionship, fellowship, organization, society
• (companionship): fellowship, friendship, mateship
• British East India Company
• fast company
• fire company
• growth company
• holding company
• incorporated company
• insurance company
• investment company
• joint-stock company
• parent company
• private company
• quoted company
• shell company
• ship's company
• sister company
• stock company
• listed company
• limited liability company
• livery company
• management company
• mixed company
• mutual company
• offshore company
• title company
• touring company
• trust company
company (third-person singular simple present companies, present participle companying, simple past and past participle companied)
(archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
(archaic, intransitive) To associate.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
(obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
• (to accompany): attend, escort, go with
• (to have sexual intercourse): fornicate, have sex, make love; see also copulate
Source: Wiktionary
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.)
Definition: A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
9. (Naut.)
Definition: The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
10. 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.
Com"pa*ny, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Companied; p. pr. & vb. n. Companying.]
Definition: To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.]
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
