Microsoft

Micro$oft English Etymology A en microcomputer software 1. See en -soft. Pronunciation en /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ RP en /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/ /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɔft/ GA,non-cot-caught en /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɑft/ /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɑft/ GA,cot-caught,dialects of Canada en /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ CA,dialects of the US en /ˈmɑekɹəˌsɔft/ AU en En-au-Microsoft.ogg Queensland en /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ NZ Proper noun en trademark Microsoft Corporation, a technology company. en MS<q:initialism> MSFT<q:Nasdaq symbol, abbreviation> Derived terms en microserf Microsloth anti-Microsofter GAFAM M$ M$FT Macrohard MCP MCSD MCSE MDAC MDI MFC MIC Mickeysoft Micro$oft Microhoo Microshaft Microslop Microsofter Microsoftian Microsoftie Microsoftify Microsoft minute Microsoft tax Microspeak Microsuck Micros~1 MOSS MS MSDN MS-DOS MSF MSFT MSI MSIE MSIL MSN MSNBC MSRPC MSS MSU Softie Translations Transliterations and translations Arabic: ar مَايْكْرُوسُوفْت m maykrusuft Belarusian: be Майкрасо́фт m Bengali: bn মাইক্রোসফট Bulgarian: bg Ма́йкрософт m Chinese: Cantonese: yue 微軟 mei4 jyun5 Mandarin: cmn 微軟 Wēiruǎn, Wéiruǎn Finnish: fi Microsoft Georgian: ka მაიკროსოფტი German: de Winzigweich humorous Hebrew: he מיקרוסופט Hindi: hi माइक्रोसॉफ़्ट Hungarian: hu Microsoft Indonesian: id Microsoft Japanese: ja マイクロソフト Maikurosofuto Korean: ko ^마이크로소프트 Macedonian: mk Микрософт m Marathi: mr माय्क्रोसॉफ्ट f Persian: fa مایکروسافت mâykrosoft Polish: pl Microsoft m Portuguese: pt Microsoft f Romanian: ro Microsoft m Russian: ru Майкросо́фт m, ru Ма́йкрософт m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Мицрософт m, sh Ма̀јкрософт m Latin: sh Microsoft m, sh Màjkrosoft m Spanish: es Microsoft Swedish: sv Microsoft n Thai: th ไมโครซอฟท์ maikrohsôf Tigrinya: ti ማይክሮሶፍት Tok Pisin: tpi Microsoft Ukrainian: uk Майкросо́фт m, uk Ма́йкрософт m Urdu: ur مائیکروسافٹ māīkrosāfṭ Uyghur: ug مىكروسوفت Noun en figuratively A company whose products are widespread. en w:Robert Metcalfe Microsoft and Netscape open some new fronts in escalating Web Wars InfoWorld August 21, 1995 17 34 35 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_0joEAAAAMBAJ/page/n42/mode/1up After its phenomenal stock offering two weeks ago, Netscape Communications Corp. is well on its way to becoming the Microsoft of the Internet. en 2001 Daniel Charles Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food 0738202916 110 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. en 2005 Merrill Goozner The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs 0520246705 64 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. en 2006 Andrew Beaujon Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock 0306814579 232 Shepherding is more or less gone (though there’s an interesting move back toward discipleship in today’s church especially among those influenced by Rick Warren’s blockbuster book The Purpose-Driven Life), but Integrity remains as sort of the Microsoft of worship music. Verb en slang transitive To Microsoftify. en slang transitive To render more like Microsoft with regards to business practices and tactics. en 2003 Wine Enthusiast 16 2-8 122 You could call it the Microsofting of the wine industry. Of course, wine is unlikely to be dominated by one producer or one distributor. See also :Category:Microsoft Further reading Anagrams en cfimoorst costiform en Microsoft Organizations Hungarian Pronunciation mikroszoft májkroszoft hu Mic ro soft hu oft 3 Proper noun hu proper noun en Microsoft Declension Microsofto oMicrosoft j jai Derived terms hu microsoftos hu Microsoft-termék Polish pl: Etymology pl :ubor en:Microsoft + 1 Pronunciation 'maj.kro.soft Mi.cro.soft Proper noun m-in en Microsoft American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington Declension s Further reading Microsoft Corporation pl trademarks pl Microsoft Serbo-Croatian Alternative forms sh Màjkrosoft Montenegro Serbia Etymology sh en Microsoft. Pronunciation sh /mǎjkrosoft/ Proper noun m-in Ма̀јкрософт sh uncountable en Microsoft Declension Microsoft Microsofta Microsoftu Microsoft Microsofte Microsoftu Microsoftom References e1piUBQ%3D Spanish es: Pronunciation Máycrosoft<qq:chiefly Latin America> Microsoft<qq:chiefly Spain> + Proper noun m en Microsoft