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tech company

tech company

29 2.3
A company that makes or sells computer and internet products and services
  • noun
  • /tɛk ˈkʌmpəni/
translation icon : empresa tecnológica
  • My partners and I are trying to secure start-up capital for a small tech company that develops mobile apps.
  • high-tech companies
  • largest tech companies
  • other high-tech companies

And you have to, you know, with, with tech companies, Apple and so on.

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Examples

  • Laird is the CEO of a massive tech company.

  • How do most tech companies make money today?

  • But before any of this, what major tech company did they both work for?

  • I do believe people that own tech companies want to do good for the world.

  • I think by and large a lot of the high tech companies have done it right over the years.

  • I have the number one tech company in China.

  • We're more of a tech company now.

  • I think that big tech companies have dramatic advantages.

  • My partners and I are trying to secure start-up capital for a small tech company.

  • Civil rights and free speech advocates worry that tech companies could be pressured by governments.

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How Tech-Focused

software product
  • Specialized
4 3.2
tech company
29 2.3
provider
282 2.9

Surface Forms

tech company singular

Morphology

tech + company

The meaning is directly and transparently built from 'tech' (technology, tech field) + 'company' (an organization selling products/services), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer it means a company that works in technology. This noun–noun composition is a common, cross-linguistic pattern (e.g. Spanish 'compañía tecnológica', French 'entreprise technologique'), which supports immediate predictability.

Etymology

The compound noun tech company comes from shortening the word 'technology' to tech and adding company, giving a simple picture of a business that makes or sells tools, software, or computers. That's why it means 'a company whose main business is technology'.