Accompany

English

Verb

Accompany (third-person singular simple present accompanies, present participle Accompanying, simple past and past participle accompanied)

1. (intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
2. (transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
3. (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument.
4. (intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit (with).
6. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with.

Adverbs for Accompany

listlessly; inevitably; invariably; delightediy; unhappily; fearfully; confusedly; harmoniously; unsuitably; spiritually; intelligently; discordantly; bewitchingly; competently; skillfully; dexterously; gaily; gladly; blissfully; rejoicingly; mirthfully; rapturously; dutifully.

Synonyms for Accompany

• (go with): attend, escort, go with

• We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station.
• We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination.
• We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect.

  A gentleman accompanies a friend to some public place; he attends or escorts a lady.

• conduct, follow, convoy, join, chaperon.

Antonyms for Accompany

leave, desert.

Related terms

• accompaniment

Thesaurus

agree; associate; associate with; assort with; attend; band together; be in phase; be in time; chaperon; chaperone; chord; coexist; coextend; coincide; combine; companion; concertize; concur; confederate; consociate; consort with; contemporize; convoy; couple with; do; escort; execute; flock together; go along with; go with; hang around with; herd together; interpret; isochronize; keep company with; keep in step; keep pace with; make music; match; perform; play; play by ear; render; run with; squire; symphonize; synchronize; time; usher; wait on

Etymology

From Old French acompaignier (“to associate with”), from compaign, compain (“companion”). See company.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /əˈkʌm.pə.ni/

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Translations

to perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition

Bulgarian: съпровождам (bg) Catalan: acompanyar (ca) Dutch: begeleiden (nl) Finnish: säestää (fi)

German: begleiten (de) Hungarian: kísér (hu) Spanish: acompañar (es) Swedish: ackompanjera (sv)

to attend as a companion

Bulgarian: придружавам (bg) Czech: doprovodit (cs) Dutch: vergezellen (nl), begeleiden (nl) Finnish: olla seurana (fi), olla (fi) jonkun (fi) kanssa (fi), olla (fi) jonkun (fi) seuralaisena (fi) German: begleiten (de)

Hungarian: kísér (hu) Japanese: 付き合う (tsukiau) Lithuanian: lydėti (lt) Russian: сопутствовать (ru) (sopútstvovatʹ) impf., сопровождать (ru) (soprovoždátʹ) impf. Spanish: acompañar (es)

to perform an accompanying part next to another instrument

Bulgarian: съпровождам (bg) Dutch: begeleiden (nl) Finnish: säestää (fi) German: begleiten (de)

Hungarian: kísér (hu) Russian: аккомпанировать (ru) (akkompanírovat') Swedish: ackompanjera (sv)

to keep company

Arabic: رافق (rāfaqa) Bulgarian: придружавам (bg), съпровождам (bg) (sǎprovoždam) Chinese: Mandarin: (formal) 陪同 (cmn) (péitóng), 陪伴 (cmn) (péibàn), (informal) 陪 (cmn) (péi) Danish: ledsage (da), gelejde (da) Dutch: zich samensluiten (nl), samenwerken (nl)

Finnish: pitää seuraa (fi), olla seurana (fi) German: begleiten (de), geleiten (de) Japanese: 連れ立つ (つれたつ, tsuretatsu) Russian: сопровождать (ru) (soprovoždátʹ) impf., следовать вместе (slédovatʹ vméste) impf. !Xóõ: !gàã

obsolete: to cohabit

Dutch: samenwonen (nl)

Russian: сожительствовать (ru) (sožítel'stvovatʹ) impf.

obsolete: to cohabit with

Dutch: samenwonen (nl) met French: accompagner Ido: akompanar Indonesian: menemani Interlingua: accompaniar Italian: accompagnare Japanese: 付き添う (つきそう, tsukisou) Portuguese: acompanhar Turkish: eşlik etmek