Meaning

8 senses
  1. (transitive)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.

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    сопу́тствоватьsopútstvovatʹ, сопровожда́тьsoprovoždátʹ, сопроводи́тьsoprovodítʹ

    супроводжуватиsuprovodžuvaty

    be a companion to somebody

  2. (transitive)To supplement with; add to.

  3. (intransitive)To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.

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    аккомпани́роватьakkompanírovatʹ

    акомпануватиakompanuvaty

    perform an accompaniment to

  4. (transitive)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.

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    аккомпани́роватьakkompanírovatʹ

  5. To be found at the same time.

    Thunder almost always accompanies lightning during a rain storm.

    сопровожда́тьsoprovoždátʹ, сопроводи́тьsoprovodítʹ

  6. (intransitive, obsolete)To associate in a company; to keep company.

    begleiten, geleiten

    обща́тьсяobščátʹsja

  7. (intransitive, obsolete)To cohabit (with).

    сожи́тельствоватьsožítelʹstvovatʹ

  8. (obsolete, transitive)To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.

Examples

408 sentences
  1. I accompanied him on the trip.

    Я супроводжував його під час поїздки. — deniko

    ruЯ сопровождал его в путешествии. — corvard

    deIch begleitete ihn auf der Reise. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I accompanied her on a walk.

    Я супроводжував її під час прогулянки. — deniko

    ruЯ сопровождал её на прогулке. — soweli_Elepanto

    deIch begleitete sie auf einem Spaziergang. — Zaghawa

  3. He was accompanied by his girlfriend.

    Він був у супроводі своєї дівчини. — deniko

    ruОн был в сопровождении своей подруги. — tensin

    deEr wurde von seiner Freundin begleitet. — Wolf

  4. He was accompanied by his wife.

    Його супроводжувала дружина. — deniko

    ruЕго сопровождала жена. — marafon

    deEr war in Begleitung seiner Frau. — Tamy

  5. I accompanied Tom there.

    Я проведу Тома туди. — Ahha

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to attend as a companion:
to perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition:
Русский
By meaning 4
to attend as a companion:
to perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition:
obsolete: to keep company:
obsolete: to cohabit:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to attend as a companion:
obsolete: to keep company:

Origin

* First attested in early 15th century.

* First attested in early 15th century.

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Forms

accompanies, accompanying, accompanied, accompanied
Base formaccompany · to accompany
3rd person singularaccompanies
Present participleaccompanying
Past simpleaccompanied
Past participleaccompanied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyaccompany
he, she, itaccompanies

Past simpleLesson

all personsaccompanied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave accompanied
he, she, ithas accompanied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill accompany

Synonyms

15 synonyms
We attend those whom we wait uponfollow. The word conveys an idea of subordination.A gentleman accompanies a friend to some public placehe attendsescorts a lady
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
accompany — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto