accompany.
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
Meaning & usage
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.
To supplement with; add to.
To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
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.
To associate in a company; to keep company.
To cohabit (with).
To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
To be found at the same time.
Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm.
Where this word comes from
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.
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