accompany

ac·com·pa·ny

 (ə-kŭm′pə-nē, ə-kŭmp′nē)

v. ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing, ac·com·pa·nies

v.tr.

1. To be or go with, especially as a companion.

2. To provide with an addition; supplement: a dish that is best accompanied with a robust wine.

3. To exist or occur at the same time as: dark clouds that were accompanied by rain.

4. Music To perform an accompaniment to.

v.intr.

Music To play an accompaniment.

---

[Middle English accompanien, from Old French acompagnier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + compaignon, companion; see companion¹.]

Synonyms: accompany, conduct, escort, chaperone
These verbs mean to be with or to go with another or others. Accompany suggests going with another on an equal basis: "One day [my wife] accompanied me, upon some household errand, into the cellar of the old building which our poverty compelled us to inhabit" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Conduct implies guidance of others: "A servant conducted me to my bedroom" (Charlotte Brontë).
Escort stresses protective guidance or official action: "At every county town a long cavalcade of the principal gentlemen ... escorted the mayor to the market cross" (Thomas Macaulay).
Chaperone specifies adult supervision of young persons: My mother helped chaperone the prom.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

accompany

(əˈkʌmpənɪ; əˈkʌmpnɪ)

vb, -nies, -nying or -nied

1. (tr) to go along with, so as to be in company with or escort

2. (foll by: with) to supplement: the food is accompanied with a very hot mango pickle.

3. (tr) to occur, coexist, or be associated with

4. (Classical Music) to provide a musical accompaniment for (a performer)

[C15: from Old French accompaignier, from compaing companion¹]

acˈcompanier n

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

ac•com•pa•ny

(əˈkʌm pə ni)

v. -nied, -ny•ing. v.t.

1. to go along or in company with.

2. to exist or occur in association with: Thunder accompanies lightning.

3. to cause to be associated with or attended by: He accompanied his speech with gestures.

4. to perform musical accompaniment for.

v.i.

5. to provide the musical accompaniment.

[1425–75; late Middle English < Middle French accompagnier. See ac-, company]

syn: accompany, attend, convoy, escort mean to go along with. To accompany is to go as an associate or companion, usu. on equal terms: My daughter accompanied me on the trip. attend usu. implies going along as a subordinate, as to render service: to attend the queen. To convoy is to accompany ships or other vehicles with an armed guard: to convoy a fleet of merchant vessels. To escort is to accompany in order to protect or show courtesy: to escort a visiting dignitary.

Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.

accompany

If you accompany someone to a place, you go there with them.

She asked me to accompany her to the church.

Accompany is a fairly formal word. In conversation and in less formal writing, you use go with or come with.

I went with my friends to see what it looked like.

He wished Ellen had come with him.

However, there is no passive form of go with or come with. If you want to use a passive form, you must use accompany.

He was accompanied by his wife.

She came out of the house accompanied by Mrs Jones.

Collins COBUILD English Usage © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 2004, 2011, 2012

accompany

Past participle: accompanied
Gerund: accompanying

Imperative

accompany

accompany

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	accompany - be present or associated with an event or entity; "French fries come with the hamburger"; "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue"; "fish usually goes with white wine"; "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries" attach to, come with, go with collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, co-occur with, go with - go or occur together; "The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold'" attend - to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation" rule - have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac
	2.	accompany - go or travel along with; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" go, locomote, move, travel - change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" walk - accompany or escort; "I'll walk you to your car" consort, run - keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" escort - accompany as an escort; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball" escort, see - accompany or escort; "I'll see you to the door" tag along - go along with, often uninvited; "my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends"
	3.	accompany - perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" play along, follow music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" play - play on an instrument; "The band played all night long"
	4.	accompany - be a companion to somebody     companion, company, keep company affiliate, assort, consort, associate - keep company with; hang out with; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues"

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

accompany

verb

1. go with, lead, partner, protect, guide, attend, conduct, escort, shepherd, convoy, usher, chaperon Ken agreed to accompany me on a trip to Africa.

2. occur with, belong to, come with, supplement, coincide with, join with, coexist with, go together with, follow, go cheek by jowl with This volume of essays was designed to accompany an exhibition.

3. back, support, play for, play with, back up He accompanies her on all but one song.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

accompany

verb

To be with or go with (another):

attend, companion, company, escort.

Obsolete: consort.

Idiom: go hand in hand with.

The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Translations

يُرَافِقيُرافِقُيُرَافِق فِي العَزْف

doprovoditdoprovázet

ledsageakkompagnerefølge

begleiten

συνοδεύω

acompañar

tulla mukaan

accompagner

pratiti

kísér

fylgjaleika undir meî

accompagnareaccompagnarsiaccompagnatoreaccompagnatriceassociare a

同行する

동행하다

akompaniatoriusakompanimentasakompanuotilydėtipalydėti

pavadīt

begeleidensamensluitensamenwerkensamenwonenvergezellen

akkompagnerefølgeledsage

towarzyszyć

acompanhar

аккомпанироватьсопровождатьсопутствоватьсожительствовать

spremitispremljati

följa med

ไปเป็นเพื่อน

eşlik etmekbirlikte gitmek

đi cùng

为...伴奏伴随陪同

accompany

[əˈkʌmpənɪ] VT

1. (= escort) → acompañar
to be accompanied by sb → ir acompañado de algn

2. (fig) → acompañar
accompanied by → acompañado de
he accompanied this with a grimace → esto lo dijo acompañado de una mueca, al decir esto hizo una mueca
accompanying letter → carta f adjunta

3. (Mus) → acompañar (on the violin/piano con el violín/al piano) to accompany o.s. on the piano → acompañarse al piano

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

accompany

[əˈkʌmpəni] vt

(= escort) → accompagner

(= complement) → accompagner

(music) → accompagneraccompanying letter [əˈkʌmpəniɪŋ] n → lettre f d'accompagnement

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

accompany

vt → begleiten (also Mus); pork is often accompanied by apple sauce → Schweinefleisch wird oft mit Apfelmus (als Beilage) serviert; to accompany oneself (Mus) → sich selbst begleiten; accompanying letter → Begleitschreiben nt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

accompany

[əˈkʌmp/ənɪ] vt (gen) → accompagnare (Mus) to accompany (on) → accompagnare (a)

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

accompany

(əˈkampəni) verb

1. to go with (someone or something). He accompanied her to the door. vergesel يُرَافِق придружавам acompanhar doprovázet begleiten følge; ledsage συνοδεύωacompañar saatma همراهی کردن seurata mukana accompagner לְלַווֹת साथ होना pratiti kikísér menyertai fylgja accompagnare ～に同行する 함께 가다 (pa)lydėti pavadīt menemankan begeleidenfølge, ledsagetowarzyszyć هملاري كول acompanhar a însoţi сопровождать odprevadiť spremiti pratiti följa, ledsaga ไปเป็นเพื่อน eşlik etmek, birlikte gitmek 伴隨 супроводжувати; проводити ساتھ دینا đi cùng 伴随

2. to play a musical instrument to go along with (a singer etc). He accompanied her on the piano. vergesel يُرَافِق فِي العَزْف съпровождам acompanhar doprovázet begleiten akkompagnere; ledsage συνοδεύω, ακομπανιάρω acompañar saatma همنوازی کردن säestää accompagner לְלַווֹת संगत करना pratiti kísér mengiringi leika undir með accompagnare 伴奏する 반주를 하다 akompanuoti pavadīt mengiringi begeleidenakkompagnereakompaniować بدرګه کول acompanhar a acompania аккомпанировать sprevádzať spremljati pratiti (na instrumentu) ackompanjera เล่นดนตรีคลอ eşlik etmek 為...伴奏 акомпанувати سنگت کرنا đệm nhạc 为...伴奏

acˈcompaniment noun

something that accompanies. I'll play the piano accompaniment while you sing. begeleiding مُرَافَقَة، مُصَاحَبَه съпровод acompanhamento doprovod die Begleitung akkompagnement μουσική υπόκρουση, συνοδείαacompañamiento saade همراه säestys accompagnement לווי, ליווי संगत pratnja kíséret pengiring undirleikur accompagnamento 伴奏 반주 akompanimentas pavadījums iringan begeleidingakkompagnementakompaniament ملګري acompanhamento acompaniament аккомпанемент sprievod spremljava pratnja ackompanjemang สิ่งที่เพิ่มเติม eşlik eden, eşlik 伴隨，伴奏 супровід; акомпанемент سنگت ، ہم نوائی nhạc đệm 伴奏

acˈcompanist noun

a person who plays a musical accompaniment. begeleier عَازِف مُرَافِق съпровождащ acompanhante doprovázeč der/die Begleiter(in) akkompagnatør ακομπανιατέρ (μουσ.) acompañante saatja همنواز säestäjä accompagnateur/-trice מְלָוֶה מוּזִיקָלִי , מְלָווֶה מוּזִיקָלִי संगतकार pratilac (zenei) kísérő pengiring undirleikari accompagnatore, accompagnatrice 伴奏者 반주자 akompaniatorius pavadītājs pemuzik iringan begeleiderakkompagnatørakompaniator ګډون کول، acompanhante acompaniator аккомпаниатор sprevádzajúci spremljevalec pratnja ackompanjatör นักดนตรีที่เล่นคลอ akompanist, eşlik müziği çalan kimse 伴奏者 акомпаніатор ہم نوا ،ساتھی người đệm nhạc 伴奏（唱）者

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

accompany

→ يُرافِقُ doprovodit ledsage begleiten συνοδεύω acompañar tulla mukaan accompagner pratiti accompagnare 同行する 동행하다 begeleiden følge towarzyszyć acompanhar сопровождать följa med ไปเป็นเพื่อน eşlik etmek đi cùng 陪同

Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009

accompany

v. acompañar.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012