Another word for accompany
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Verb
To be with or go with (another)
- A husband or wife, especially the spouse of a monarch.
- A companion or partner.
- An animal with which another animal, usually of the opposite sex, forms a bond for a temporary period during which the two individuals maintain close proximity and engage in mating or other sexual behavior.
- One or more persons accompanying another to guide, protect, or show honor.
- A man who is the companion of a woman, especially on a social occasion.
- A person, often a prostitute, who is hired to spend time with another as a companion.
- A group of persons:
- One's companions or associates:
- A guest or guests:
- A person who accompanies or associates with another; a comrade.
- A domestic partner.
- A person employed to assist, live with, or travel with another.
- To be present at:
- To go regularly to:
- To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result:
Idioms:See also:
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Another word for accompany
Verb
To go with
- (idiomatic, intransitive) to unite, to come together
- (idiomatic) to comply with something, even if reluctantly; to accept or tolerate.
- The act of accompanying or escorting, especially for protective purposes.
- An accompanying and protecting force, as of ships or troops.
- A group, as of ships or motor vehicles, traveling together with a protective escort or for safety or convenience.
- To carry, convey, lead, or cause to go along to another place:
- To carry as an attribute or contribution:
- To lead or force into a specified state, situation, or location:
- A man who attends or escorts a woman; a gallant.
- An English country gentleman, especially the chief landowner in a district.
- A magistrate or justice of the peace.
- To direct the course of; manage or control:
- To lead or guide:
- To direct the performance of (an orchestra or chorus, for example).
- Opening or introductory matter:
- A program, as on television, scheduled to precede another.
- The wire that connects an outdoor antenna to an electronic transmitter or receiver.
- One who is employed to escort people to their seats, as in a theater, church, or stadium.
- A man who attends a bridal party at a wedding.
- One who serves as official doorkeeper, as in a courtroom or legislative chamber.
- One who shows the way by leading, directing, or advising.
- One who serves as a model for others, as in a course of conduct.
- A person employed to conduct others, as through a museum, and give information about points of interest encountered.
- To watch over (a place or person, for example) in order to keep from being damaged, robbed, or injured:
- To supervise the entry and exit through; keep watch at:
- To watch over so as to prevent escape or violence:
- To come or go after; proceed behind:
- To go after in pursuit:
- To keep under surveillance:
- To have a tendency:
- To be disposed or inclined:
- To move or extend in a certain direction:
- An adult who accompanies or supervises one or more young, unmarried men or women during social occasions, usually with the specific intent of preventing some types of social or sexual interactions or illegal behavior.
- A hood, especially, an ornamental or official hood.
- A device placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.
- To be present at:
- To go regularly to:
- To accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result:
- One or more persons accompanying another to guide, protect, or show honor.
- A man who is the companion of a woman, especially on a social occasion.
- A person, often a prostitute, who is hired to spend time with another as a companion.
To supplement
- To add as a supplement or appendix:
- To fix to; attach:
- Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire:
- Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.
- Having come to an end; concluded:
See also:To occur with
- To describe the qualities or peculiarities of:
- To be a distinctive trait or mark of; distinguish:
Synonym Study
- Chaperon implies accompaniment, for reasons of propriety, of young unmarried people by an older or married person
- Escort also implies accompanying as a mark of honor or an act of courtesy
- Escort and convoy are both applied to the accompanying, as by an armed guard, of persons or things needing protection (convoy, esp. in the case of sea travel and escort, in the case of land travel)
- Attend implies presence either in a subordinate position or to render services Dr. Jones attended the patient
- Accompany means to go or be together with as a companion, associate, attribute, etc., and usually connotes equality of relationship he accompanied her to the theater
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