accompany
verbcommon in dialogue
- //əˈkʌm.pə.ni//
- //əˈkʌmp.ni//
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
verb
- 1
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
Geoffrey accompanied the group on their pilgrimage.
The Persian dames, […] / In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march.
They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels.
- 2
To supplement with; add to.
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.
- 3
To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
- 4
To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).
The strings were accompanied by two woodwinds.
I will accompany her on the oboe.
The Ukrainian folk-song is cultivated orally by the blind singers (Kobsari) who accompany themselves on string instruments.
- 5
obsoleteTo associate in a company; to keep company.
Men say that they will drive away one another, […] and not accompanied together.
- 6
obsoleteTo cohabit (with).
- 7
obsoleteTo cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
Gijb, Suche as accompanyeth with man-killers and murtherers.
- 8
To be found at the same time.
Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm.
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-der.? Latin pānis Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Proto-West Germanic *gahlaibōcalq. Latin compāniō Old French compaing Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -er Old French acompagnerbor. Middle English accompanien English accompany * 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.
Forms
- past tense
- accompanied
- past participle
- accompanied
- present participle
- accompanying
- third person singular
- accompanies
accompany · To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
accompanying · Present together.accomplice · An associate in the commission of a crime; a participator in…accomplish · To finish successfully.