Accompany
verb ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
- 1 To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with. transitive
"Geoffrey accompanied the group on their pilgrimage."
- 2 perform an accompaniment to wordnet
- 3 To supplement with; add to. transitive
"He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts."
- 4 go or travel along with wordnet
- 5 To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition. intransitive
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- 6 be present or associated with an event or entity wordnet
- 7 To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician). transitive
"The strings were accompanied by two woodwinds."
- 8 be a companion to somebody wordnet
- 9 To associate in a company; to keep company. intransitive, obsolete
"Men say that they will drive away one another, […] and not accompanied together."
- 10 To cohabit (with). intransitive, obsolete
- 11 To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with. obsolete, transitive
"Gijb, Suche as accompanyeth with man-killers and murtherers."
- 12 To be found at the same time.
"Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm."
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More examples"May we accompany you on your walk?"
Etymology
* First attested in early 15th century. From Middle English accompanien, from Old French acompagner (“to associate with”), from compaing (“companion”), nominative singular of compaignon (“companion”). See company.