CPage 308
- English Word Company Definition The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.
- English Word Company Definition A companion or companions.
- English Word Company Definition An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.
- English Word Company Definition Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
- English Word Company Definition Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.
- English Word Company Definition 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.
- English Word Company Definition Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
- English Word Company Definition A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
- English Word Company Definition The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
- English Word Company Definition The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.
- English Word Company Definition To accompany or go with; to be companion to.
- English Word Company Definition To associate.
- English Word Company Definition To be a gay companion.
- English Word Company Definition To have sexual commerce.
- English Word Companying Definition of Company
- English Word Comparable Definition Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.
- English Word Comparate Definition One of two things compared together.
- English Word Comparation Definition A making ready; provision.
- English Word Comparative Definition Of or pertaining to comparison.
- English Word Comparative Definition Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative sciences; the comparative anatomy.
- English Word Comparative Definition Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.
- English Word Comparative Definition Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright.
- English Word Comparative Definition The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, more stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.
- English Word Comparative Definition An equal; a rival; a compeer.
- English Word Comparative Definition One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit.
- English Word Comparatively Definition According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.
- English Word Comparator Definition An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.
- English Word Compare Definition To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.
- English Word Compare Definition To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.
- English Word Compare Definition To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "- er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful.