Microsoftとは意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Microsoft, name of the computing company; a blend of microcomputer +‎ software. See -soft.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɒft/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɔft/, /ˈmaɪkɹəˌsɑft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɔft/, /ˈmaɪkɹoʊˌsɑft/

固有名詞

Microsoft

1. (trademark) Microsoft Corporation.

派生語

名詞

Microsoft (複数形 Microsofts)

1. (figuratively) A company whose products are widespread.
   • 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.

動詞

Microsoft (三人称単数 現在形 Microsofts, 現在分詞 Microsofting, 過去形および過去分詞形 Microsofted)

1. (transitive, slang) to Microsoftify.
2. (transitive, slang) to make more like Microsoft with regards to perceived business practices and tactics.
   • 2003, Wine Enthusiast, volume 16, issues 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.

参考

• Category:Microsoft

Further reading

• Microsoft on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

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