Microsoft
See also: Micro$oft
English edit
Etymology edit
From Microsoft, name of the computing company; a blend of microcomputer + software. See -soft.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/, /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɑft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɔft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɑft/
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Proper noun edit
Microsoft
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
Transliterations and translations
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Noun edit
Microsoft (plural Microsofts)
- (figuratively) A company whose products are widespread.
- 1995 August 21, Robert Metcalfe, “Microsoft and Netscape open some new fronts in escalating Web Wars”, in InfoWorld, volume 17, number 34, page 35:
- After its phenomenal stock offering two weeks ago, Netscape Communications Corp. is well on its way to becoming the Microsoft of the Internet.
- 2001, Daniel Charles, Lords of the Harvest: Biotech, Big Money, and the Future of Food, →ISBN, page 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.
- 2005, Merrill Goozner, The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs, →ISBN, page 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.
- 2006, Andrew Beaujon, Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock, →ISBN, page 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 edit
Microsoft (third-person singular simple present Microsofts, present participle Microsofting, simple past and past participle Microsofted)
- (transitive, slang) To Microsoftify.
- (transitive, slang) To make more like Microsoft with regards to business practices and tactics.
- 2003, Wine Enthusiast, volume 16, numbers 2-8, page 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.
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Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Microsoft
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Microsoft | Microsoftok |
accusative | Microsoftot | Microsoftokat |
dative | Microsoftnak | Microsoftoknak |
instrumental | Microsofttal | Microsoftokkal |
causal-final | Microsoftért | Microsoftokért |
translative | Microsofttá | Microsoftokká |
terminative | Microsoftig | Microsoftokig |
essive-formal | Microsoftként | Microsoftokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Microsoftban | Microsoftokban |
superessive | Microsofton | Microsoftokon |
adessive | Microsoftnál | Microsoftoknál |
illative | Microsoftba | Microsoftokba |
sublative | Microsoftra | Microsoftokra |
allative | Microsofthoz | Microsoftokhoz |
elative | Microsoftból | Microsoftokból |
delative | Microsoftról | Microsoftokról |
ablative | Microsofttól | Microsoftoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Microsofté | Microsoftoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Microsoftéi | Microsoftokéi |
Possessive forms of Microsoft | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Microsoftom | Microsoftjaim |
2nd person sing. | Microsoftod | Microsoftjaid |
3rd person sing. | Microsoftja | Microsoftjai |
1st person plural | Microsoftunk | Microsoftjaink |
2nd person plural | Microsoftotok | Microsoftjaitok |
3rd person plural | Microsoftjuk | Microsoftjaik |
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English Microsoft.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Microsoft m
Declension edit
Declension of Microsoft
singular | |
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nominative | Microsoft |
genitive | Microsoftu |
dative | Microsoftowi |
accusative | Microsoft |
instrumental | Microsoftem |
locative | Microsofcie |
vocative | Microsofcie |
Further reading edit
- Microsoft in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Microsoft m (Cyrillic spelling Ма̀јкрософт)
Declension edit
Declension of Microsoft
singular | |
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nominative | Microsoft |
genitive | Microsofta |
dative | Microsoftu |
accusative | Microsoft |
vocative | Microsofte |
locative | Microsoftu |
instrumental | Microsoftom |
References edit
- “Microsoft” in Hrvatski jezični portal