accompany

[ uh-kuhm-puh-nee ]

/ əˈkʌm pə ni /

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verb (used with object), ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing.

to go along or in company with; join in action: to accompany a friend on a walk.

to be or exist in association or company with: Thunder accompanies lightning.

to put in company with; cause to be or go along; associate (usually followed by with): He accompanied his speech with gestures.

Music. to play or sing an accompaniment to or for.

verb (used without object), ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing.

to provide the musical accompaniment.

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Origin of accompany

1425–75; late Middle English accompanye<Middle French accompagnier.See ac-, company

synonym study for accompany

1. Accompany, attend, convoy, escort mean to go along with someone (or something). To accompany is to go along as an associate on equal terms: to accompany a friend on a shopping trip. Attend implies going along with, usually to render service or perform duties: to attend one's employer on a business trip. To convoy is to accompany (especially ships) with an armed guard for protection: to convoy a fleet of merchant vessels. To escort is to accompany in order to protect, guard, honor, or show courtesy: to escort a visiting dignitary.

OTHER WORDS FROM accompany

non·ac·com·pa·ny·ing, adjectivere·ac·com·pa·ny, verb (used with object), re·ac·com·pa·nied, re·ac·com·pa·ny·ing.well-ac·com·pa·nied, adjective

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How to use accompany in a sentence

Unlike many other iOS releases, this release was not accompanied by updates to all of the company's other operating systems.
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Minors accompanied by adults are still allowed to shop and dine in the area.
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At a meeting of the House health committee in late August, lawmakers again grilled Neall and Schrader, who accompanied him.
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A trio of buttery grilled prawns are accompanied by a green sauce made creamy with sweetened condensed milk, electric with lime juice and tropical with lime leaf.
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Such outcomes are accompanied with data that’s measurable, even if the social changes are not—such as reducing workers’ frustration from spending less time waiting for an office elevator.
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Canevari passed me off to Dean Sybil Todd, who accompanied me to the University Police Department.
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The text amply surveys the various cultural exponents of tattooing accompanied by excellent images.
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Witnesses said the girls were in their late teens and had been accompanied by a man who left soon after the blast.
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At the end of the hearing Gruber walked out silently, surrounded by cameras and accompanied by his lawyer.
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The woman had accompanied a friend who was visiting her boyfriend when she met the inmate she would marry.
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The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.
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Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.
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Ripperda accompanied this unexpected refusal, with a laboured epistle to his imperial friend.
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An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.
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The governor went, but, leaving all the men who accompanied him, returned alone.
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British Dictionary definitions for accompany

accompany

/ (əˈkʌmpənɪ, əˈkʌmpnɪ) /

verb -nies, -nying or -nied

(tr) to go along with, so as to be in company with or escort

(tr foll by with) to supplementthe food is accompanied with a very hot mango pickle

(tr) to occur, coexist, or be associated with

to provide a musical accompaniment for (a performer)

Derived forms of accompany

accompanier, noun

Word Origin for accompany

C15: from Old French accompaignier, from compaing companion 1

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