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• past participle of accompany.
• past tense form of accompany.

accompanied

American  

[uh-kuhm-puh-need] / əˈkʌm pə nid /

adjective

1. having another person along; acting or done with someone as company.

   The youngest of the accompanied children on that voyage, a 5-year-old boy named Gid, was my great-grandfather.

2. Music. performing or performed with one or more instruments providing background and support.

   The 25 singers perform mostly a cappella, with the concluding anthem being the only accompanied piece on the album.

3. being or existing together with something else (often used in combination).

   The company's haulage fleet includes a forklift-accompanied trailer for more efficient and trouble-free deliveries.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of accompany.

Other Word Forms

• well-accompanied
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of accompanied

First recorded in 1605–15, for an earlier sense; accompany ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; accompany ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

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accompanied

"Baptism of fire" is the Observer's headline, accompanied with a picture of a man wading into the ocean as smoke billows from the wildfires in the distance.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

That shift was accompanied by a major change in the behavior of microglia.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 26, 2026

For months, she has been defending Fire Point against allegations of corruption and accusations that have accompanied the company's meteoric rise.

From Barron's ● Jul. 24, 2026

The album’s 11 songs were childlike curios, with Mr. Richman announcing several of the titles at the start, accompanied by a pithy, monotone explanation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

Pods of dolphins accompanied them now and then, arcing and sometimes spinning in the air, their splashes and the oars the only sounds in the stillness.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook