microsoft

UK /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ US /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/

verb 2name 1noun 1

Definitions

name

Microsoft Corporation.

noun

A company whose products are widespread.

After its phenomenal stock offering two weeks ago, Netscape Communications Corp. is well on its way to becoming the Microsoft of the Internet.

Similarly, said Fraley, farmers were going to demand Bt cotton or Roundup-resistant soybean plants no matter where they went shopping for seeds. Monsanto would be the Microsoft of agriculture.

verb

To Microsoftify.

To render more like Microsoft with regards to business practices and tactics.

You could call it the Microsofting of the wine industry. Of course, wine is unlikely to be dominated by one producer or one distributor.

Collocations

ADJ.

becoming, new

The new Microsoft software made it much easier to manage all our company files.

VERB + MICROSOFT

apply, attached, battle, blocking, bought, buy, couldn't, founded

The company bought Microsoft Office licenses for all of their employees last year.

MICROSOFT + NOUN

agriculture, apple, employee, gene-hunting, husband, internet, justsystem's, mouse

My husband works as a software engineer at Microsoft.

PREP.

between, from, into, on, with

The partnership between Microsoft and Apple has surprised many industry observers over the years.

ADV.

completely, really, recently

Microsoft recently released a new version of Windows that improved system performance.

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Example Bank

After its phenomenal stock offering two weeks ago, Netscape Communications Corp. is well on its way to becoming the Microsoft of the Internet.

Wiktionary

Similarly, said Fraley, farmers were going to demand Bt cotton or Roundup-resistant soybean plants no matter where they went shopping for seeds. Monsanto would be the Microsoft of agriculture.

Wiktionary

The company wanted to turn Celera into the Microsoft of the gene-hunting world, selling its version of the human genome to private or public gene hunters through a proprietary computer program.

Wiktionary

You could call it the Microsofting of the wine industry. Of course, wine is unlikely to be dominated by one producer or one distributor.

Wiktionary

I have installed Microsoft Office on my personal computer, so please use its file format when you send me the attachment.

Tatoeba · #32894

I have attached a Microsoft Excel file.

Tatoeba · #32895

Usage Notes

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