accompany
verb /əˈkʌmpəni/
/əˈkʌmpəni/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they accompany | /əˈkʌmpəni/ /əˈkʌmpəni/ |
| he / she / it accompanies | /əˈkʌmpəniz/ /əˈkʌmpəniz/ |
| past simple accompanied | /əˈkʌmpənid/ /əˈkʌmpənid/ |
| past participle accompanied | /əˈkʌmpənid/ /əˈkʌmpənid/ |
| -ing form accompanying | /əˈkʌmpəniɪŋ/ /əˈkʌmpəniɪŋ/ |
- (formal) to travel or go somewhere with somebody/something
- accompany somebody/something + adv./prep. His wife accompanied him on the trip.
- He was accompanied on the visit by his wife.
- I must ask you to accompany me to the police station.
- accompany somebody/something Warships will accompany the convoy.
- The groups are always accompanied by an experienced mountain guide.
- Each young person must be accompanied by an adult.
- to happen or appear with something else
- accompany something Shouts of protest accompanied this announcement.
- accompanied by something strong winds accompanied by heavy rain
- The text is accompanied by a series of stunning photographs.
- Tax cuts have been accompanied by massive increases in public expenditure.
- accompany somebody (at/on something) to play a musical instrument, especially a piano, while somebody else sings or plays the main tune
- The singer was accompanied on the piano by her sister.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French accompagner, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + compagne, from Old French compaignon ‘companion’. The spelling change was due to association with company.