Dictionary

Microsoft en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɔft/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɑft/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈmɑekɹəˌsɔft/ (Australia)
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• audio Queensland
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɑft/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada

Etymology

A blend of microcomputer + software. See -soft.

Meanings

1. (figuratively) A company whose products are widespread.
   • 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. 2005, Merrill Goozner, The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs, →ISBN, page 64:
   • 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. 2006, Andrew Beaujon, Body Piercing Saved My Life: Inside the Phenomenon of Christian Rock, →ISBN, page 232:
   • 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:

Forms

Microsoft en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɔft/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɑft/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈmɑekɹəˌsɔft/ (Australia)
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• audio Queensland
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɑft/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada

Etymology

A blend of microcomputer + software. See -soft.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:trademark) Microsoft Corporation, a technology company.

Deriveds

MSF · MDAC · Microsuck · Mickeysoft · Microsoft tax · MSIL · MSNBC · Microshaft · MS · MSDN · MFC · anti-Microsofter · Microspeak · MOSS · MSFT · Microsofter · M$ · Microsoftie · Microsoftify · Micros~1 · MSN · MSU · MSIE · Microsoftian · MS-DOS · MDI · M$FT · GAFAM · Microslop · MSS · MSRPC · Microsoft minute · Softie · Micro$oft · MCSE · MIC · MCP · Macrohard · MCSD · MSI · Microhoo

Synonyms

MSFT · MS

Translations (36)

pl Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · ka მაიკროსოფტი (Transliterations and translations) · be Майкрасо́фт (Transliterations and translations) · hi माइक्रोसॉफ़्ट (Transliterations and translations) · he מיקרוסופט (Transliterations and translations) · de Winzigweich (Transliterations and translations) · ro Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · ja マイクロソフト (Transliterations and translations) · sv Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · pt Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · id Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · mr माय्क्रोसॉफ्ट (Transliterations and translations) · ar مَايْكْرُوسُوفْت (Transliterations and translations) · mk Микрософт (Transliterations and translations) · uk Ма́йкрософт (Transliterations and translations) · cmn 微軟 /微软 (Transliterations and translations) · th ไมโครซอฟท์ (Transliterations and translations) · yue 微軟 /微软 (Transliterations and translations) · sh Màjkrosoft (Transliterations and translations) · ru Майкросо́фт (Transliterations and translations) · sh Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · fi Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · bn মাইক্রোসফট (Transliterations and translations) · tpi Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · sh Мицрософт (Transliterations and translations) · ru Ма́йкрософт (Transliterations and translations) · fa مایکروسافت (Transliterations and translations) · ug مىكروسوفت (Transliterations and translations) · es Microsoft (Transliterations and translations) · ur مائیکروسافٹ (Transliterations and translations) · ko 마이크로소프트 (Transliterations and translations) · bg Ма́йкрософт (Transliterations and translations) · sh Ма̀јкрософт (Transliterations and translations) · ti ማይክሮሶፍት (Transliterations and translations) · uk Майкросо́фт (Transliterations and translations) · hu Microsoft (Transliterations and translations)

Microsoft en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɔft/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɑft/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/ (General-American) without the cot–caught merger
• /ˈmɑekɹəˌsɔft/ (Australia)
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
• audio Queensland
• /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/ (New-Zealand)
• /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɑft/ (General-American, cot-caught-merger, dialectal) of Canada

Etymology

A blend of microcomputer + software. See -soft.

Meanings

1. (slang, transitive) To Microsoftify.
2. (slang, transitive) 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:

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