116. Facebook’s Rebranding Explained!: Why Do Major Companies Change Their Names? (English Vocabulary Lesson)

<p><strong>Facebook has changed its name to Meta. Why have they done this? And why do some major companies choose to rebrand after years of already being successful? Let’s talk about that on today’s episode of Thinking in English!</strong></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/11/12/116-facebooks-rebranding-explained-why-do-major-companies-change-their-names-english-vocabulary-lesson/" target="_blank"><strong>TRANSCRIPT -- https://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/11/12/116-facebooks-rebranding-explained-why-do-major-companies-change-their-names-english-vocabulary-lesson/</strong></a></p> <p><br></p> <h6><strong>You may also like...</strong></h6> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/11/10/115-artificial-intelligence-explained-is-ai-bad-for-society-english-vocabulary-lesson%ef%bf%bc/">115. Artificial Intelligence Explained!: Is AI Bad for Society? (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/11/03/114-parasite-squid-games-and-bts-the-korean-wave-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson/">114. ‘Parasite’, ‘Squid Games’, and ‘BTS’: The Korean Wave Explained (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/11/01/113-the-last-chance-to-save-the-world-cop-26-explained-english-vocabulary-lesson/">113. The Last Chance to Save the World?: COP 26 Explained!! (English Vocabulary Lesson)</a></p> <p><a href="http://thinkinginenglish.blog/2021/10/25/112-english-accents-explained-why-do-language-learners-have-accents-and-should-we-care-english-lesson/">112. English Accents Explained!: Why do Language Learners Have Accents and Should We Care? (English Lesson)</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <p><a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/contact/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">CONTACT ME!!</a></p> <p>INSTAGRAM - thinkinginenglishpodcast (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/thinkinginenglishpodcast/</a>)</p> <p>Blog - <a href="https://thinkinginenglish.blog/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">thinkinginenglish.blog</a></p> <p>Gmail - [email protected]</p> <p><br></p> <p><br></p> <h5><strong>Vocabulary List</strong></h5> <p><strong>To launch (v) - to begin something such as a plan or introduce something new such as a product</strong></p> <p><em>The airline will launch its new transatlantic service next month</em></p> <p><strong>Corporate (adj) - relating to a business, especially a large business</strong></p> <p><em>Once he started at the company, he moved rapidly up the corporate ladder</em></p> <p><strong>To rebrand (v) - to change the way that an organization, company, or product is seen by the public</strong></p> <p><em>We’ll show you how to rebrand your organisation in ten steps</em></p> <p><strong>To confine (v) - to limit an activity, person, or prblem in some way</strong></p> <p><em>Please confine your use of the phone to business calls only</em></p> <p><strong>Immersive (adj) - seeming to surround the audience, player, etc, so that they feel completely involved in something</strong></p> <p><em>They staged an immersive theatrical experience</em></p> <p><strong>To merge (v) - to combine or joining together, or to cause things to do this</strong></p> <p><em>They decided to merge the two companies into one</em></p> <p><strong>To distance (v) - if you distance yourself from something, you try to become less involved or connected with it</strong></p> <p><em>The president distanced himself from the extremists in the political party</em></p> --- Support this podcast: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support" rel="payment">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-english/support</a>

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