Accompany Meaning
/əˈkʌm.pə.ni/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
verbTo supplement with; add to.
Sentence Examples
May we accompany you on your walk?
May I accompany you to the airport?
He suggested that I accompany him to the party.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The young child asked her mother to ____ her to the school bus stop.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Would you like me to ____ you to the airport tomorrow morning?.
Word Origin & History
* 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The Persian dames, […] / In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march."
— 1804, Richard Glover, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
"They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts."
— 1581, Philip Sidney, An Apology of Poetry, or a Defense of Poesy, Book I:
"He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels."
— 1979, Thomas Babington Macaulay, The History of England:
"He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
"The Ukrainian folk-song is cultivated orally by the blind singers (Kobsari) who accompany themselves on string instruments."
— 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 185:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The young child asked her mother to ____ her to the school bus stop.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Would you like me to ____ you to the airport tomorrow morning?.