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Collocations for company - noun

1. business organization

ADJECTIVE

big, large, leading, major
a major Japanese company
medium-sized, mid-sized (esp. AmE)
small
reputable
profitable, successful
associated (BrE), holding, joint-stock, limited (in the UK), parent
a public limited company
start-up
a small start-up software company
family-owned, state-owned
private, public
international, multinational, national
commercial, utility
manufacturing, trading
an international trading company
drug, pharmaceutical
bus, insurance, oil, etc.
a small insurance company
dotcom, Internet, tech

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… OF COMPANIES

group

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VERB + company

create, establish, form, found, launch, set up, start, start up
manage, operate, run
build, grow
own
acquire, buy, take over
The company has been taken over by a rival.
dissolve
sell
work for
She's been working for the same company for ten years.
join
leave, resign from
sue

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company + VERB

make sth, manufacture sth, produce sth, sell sth, supply sth
The company produces cotton goods.
operate
expand, grow
shrink
merge
fail, go bankrupt, go bust, go into liquidation, go out of business, go to the wall (informal), go under
During the recession many small companies went out of business.

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company + NOUN

director, executive
owner, president
official, representative, spokesman, spokeswoman
policy
profits
car, pension
logo, name
headquarters
website
employee

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PREPOSITION

in a/the company
He has shares in several companies.
within a/the company
the division of power within a company

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PHRASES

a director of a company

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2. group of actors, dancers, etc.

ADJECTIVE

large, small
touring
ballet, opera, repertory, stock (AmE), theatre/theater
a small touring opera company

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3. being with sb else

ADJECTIVE

good, pleasant
He's very good company.
poor

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VERB + company

have
It's nice to have a bit of company for a change.
keep sb
I'll stay and keep you company.
need, want
provide (sb with)
A cat would provide her with some company.
seek
enjoy
I always enjoy her company.

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PREPOSITION

for company
I took my mother with me for company.
in sb's company
He's nervous in the company of his colleagues.

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PHRASES

have the pleasure of sb's company, request the pleasure of sb's company (both formal)
like your own company, prefer your own company (= to like being alone)

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4. group of people together

ADJECTIVE

mixed (= men and women)
assembled
He glanced around the assembled company.

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VERB + company

keep (= to spend time with people)
John's mother was worried about the company he kept.

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PREPOSITION

in company
Those children don't know how to behave in company.
That's not something to say in mixed company.

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PHRASES

get into bad company, keep bad company (= to be friends with people that others disapprove of)
present company excepted (= used after being rude or critical about sb to say that the people you are talking to are not included in the criticism)

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5. visitor or visitors

VERB + company

expect, have
We're expecting company this afternoon.

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