Microsoft
UK/ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/US/ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/
Microsoft proper noun: microsoft Corporation, a technology company.
Proper noun
Microsoft
- Microsoft Corporation, a technology company.
Noun
Microsoft (plural Microsofts)
- 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.1995 August 21, Robert Metcalfe, “Microsoft and Netscape open some new fronts in escalating Web Wars”, in InfoWorld, volume 17, number 34, page 35
- 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.2001, Daniel Charles, Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food, →ISBN, page 110
Verb
Microsoft (third-person singular simple present Microsofts, present participle Microsofting, simple past and past participle Microsofted)
- 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.2003, Wine Enthusiast, volume 16, numbers 2-8, page 122
Microsoft meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Microsoft in Hindi
- Transliterations and translations
- माइक्रोसॉफ़्ट māikrosŏfṭ
Microsoft in Tamil
- மைக்குரோசாட்டு
Microsoft in Marathi
- Transliterations and translations
- माय्क्रोसॉफ्ट māykrosŏphṭa
Microsoft in Urdu
- Transliterations and translations
- مائیکروسافٹ māīkrosāfṭ
More languagesFewer languages
- Microsoft in Bengali
- মাইক্রোসফট maikrōśophoṭ
- Microsoft in Arabic
- مَايْكْرُوسُوفْت maykrusuft
- Microsoft in Indonesian
- Microsoft
- Microsoft in Persian
- مایکروسافت mâykrosoft
- Microsoft in Thai
- ไมโครซอฟท์ maikrohsôf
Synonyms of Microsoft
Forms of Microsoft
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Microsofts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | Microsofts |
| present participle | Microsofting |
| past participle | Microsofted |
| past | Microsofted |
Origin of Microsoft
A blend of microcomputer + software. See -soft.
Words formed from Microsoft
- 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
Phrases with Microsoft
Questions about Microsoft
- What does Microsoft mean?
- Microsoft means microsoft Corporation, a technology company.
- What is Microsoft in Hindi?
- Microsoft in Hindi is माइक्रोसॉफ़्ट (māikrosŏfṭ). See Microsoft meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Microsoft?
- Microsoft can be a proper noun, a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce Microsoft?
- Microsoft is pronounced /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (UK).
Words near Microsoft in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Microsoft (page history and authors); Microsoft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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