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Verb: accompany  u'kúm-pu-nee
  1. Go or travel along with
    "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"
     
  2. Be present or associated with an event or entity
    "heart attacks are accompanied by destruction of heart tissue"; "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries";
    - attach to, come with, go with
     
  3. Be a companion to somebody
    "She accompanied her friend to the doctor";
    - company, companion, keep company
     
  4. (music) perform an accompaniment to
    "The orchestra could barely accompany the frequent pitch changes of the soprano";
    - play along, follow

Derived forms: accompanied, accompanies, accompanying

See also: attach

Type of: affiliate, associate, assort, consort, go, interact, locomote, move, play, travel

Encyclopedia: Accompany