escort

noun

/ˈeskɔːt/

/ˈeskɔːrt/

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[countable, uncountable] a person or group of people or vehicles that travels with somebody/something in order to protect or guard them
- Armed escorts are provided for visiting heads of state.
- Prisoners are taken to court under police escort.
- The convoy had an escort of ten destroyers.
- Bomber planes were sent out with fighter escorts.
Extra Examples
- Get your planes ready for escort duties.
- She had a police escort to the hospital.
- The army provided a small armed escort for the delegation.
- The opposition leader was arrested and taken to the capital under escort.
- The referee needed a police escort as he left the stadium.
- They left with a small escort.
- an escort for the Queen's car
- an escort of ten soldiers
Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- armed
- military
- motorcycle
- …
verb + escort
- be accompanied by
- have
- give somebody
- …
escort + noun
- vehicle
- vessel
- duty
- …
preposition
- under escort
- with an escort
- without an escort
- …
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[countable] (formal or old-fashioned) a person, especially a man, who takes somebody to a particular social event
- In my day, young women were not allowed out without a suitable escort.
[countable] a person, especially a woman, who is paid to go out socially with somebody Escort is sometimes used as a polite word for a prostitute. an escort service/agency

Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally denoting a body of armed men escorting travellers): from French escorte (noun), escorter (verb), from Italian scorta, feminine past participle of scorgere ‘to conduct, guide’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + corrigere ‘set right’ (from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’).

escort

verb

/ɪˈskɔːt/

/ɪˈskɔːrt/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they escort	/ɪˈskɔːt/ /ɪˈskɔːrt/
he / she / it escorts	/ɪˈskɔːts/ /ɪˈskɔːrts/
past simple escorted	/ɪˈskɔːtɪd/ /ɪˈskɔːrtɪd/
past participle escorted	/ɪˈskɔːtɪd/ /ɪˈskɔːrtɪd/
-ing form escorting	/ɪˈskɔːtɪŋ/ /ɪˈskɔːrtɪŋ/

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escort somebody (+ adv./prep.) to go with somebody to protect or guard them or to show them the way
- The president arrived, escorted by twelve soldiers.
- Guards escorted me back to my cell.
- The referee was escorted from the pitch by police.
- Let me escort you home.
Synonyms take
take
- lead
- escort
- drive
- show
- walk
- guide
- usher
- direct
These words all mean to go with somebody from one place to another.
- take to go with somebody from one place to another, for example in order to show them something or to show them the way to a place:
  It’s too far to walk—I’ll take you by car.
- lead to go with or go in front of somebody in order to show them the way or to make them go in the right direction:
  Firefighters led the survivors to safety.
- escort to go with somebody in order to protect or guard them or to show them the way:
  The president arrived, escorted by twelve bodyguards.
- drive to take somebody somewhere in a car, taxi, etc:
  My mother drove us to the airport.
- show to take somebody to a particular place, in the right direction, or along the correct route:
  The attendant showed us to our seats.
- walk to go somewhere with somebody on foot, especially in order to make sure that they get there safely; to take an animal, especially a dog, for a walk or make an animal walk somewhere:
  He always walked her home.
  Have you walked the dog yet today?
- guide to show somebody the way to a place, often by going with them; to show somebody a place that you know well:
  She guided us through the busy streets.
  We were guided around the museums.
- usher (rather formal) to politely take or show somebody where they should go, especially within a building:
  She ushered her guests to their seats.
- direct (rather formal) to tell or show somebody how to get somewhere or where to go:
  A young woman directed them to the station.
Patterns
- to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide/usher/direct somebody to/out of/into something
- to take/lead/escort/drive/show/walk/guide somebody around/round
- to take/lead/escort/drive/walk somebody home
- to take/lead/escort/guide somebody to safety
- to lead/show the way
Extra Examples
- A local man escorted us to the guest house.
- Several fans were escorted from the ground.
- The prisoners were escorted back to their cells.
Word Originlate 16th cent. (originally denoting a body of armed men escorting travellers): from French escorte (noun), escorter (verb), from Italian scorta, feminine past participle of scorgere ‘to conduct, guide’, based on Latin ex- ‘out of’ + corrigere ‘set right’ (from cor- ‘together’ + regere ‘guide’).