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ac·com·pa·ny

A0042700 (ə-kŭm′pə-nē, ə-kŭmp′nē)v. ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing, ac·com·pa·nies v.tr.1. To be or go with, especially as a companion.2. To provide with an addition; supplement: a dish that is best accompanied with a robust wine.3. To exist or occur at the same time as: dark clouds that were accompanied by rain.4. Music To perform an accompaniment to.v.intr. Music To play an accompaniment.

[Middle English accompanien, from Old French acompagnier : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + compaignon, companion; see companion¹.]Synonyms: accompany, conduct, escort, chaperone
These verbs mean to be with or to go with another or others. Accompany suggests going with another on an equal basis: "One day [my wife] accompanied me, upon some household errand, into the cellar of the old building which our poverty compelled us to inhabit" (Edgar Allan Poe).
Conduct implies guidance of others: "A servant conducted me to my bedroom" (Charlotte Brontë).
Escort stresses protective guidance or official action: "At every county town a long cavalcade of the principal gentlemen ... escorted the mayor to the market cross" (Thomas Macaulay).
Chaperone specifies adult supervision of young persons: My mother helped chaperone the prom.

accompanying

(əˈkʌmpənɪɪŋ) adj1. provided at the same time as something else as an extra or addition; supplementary2. occurring at the same time; associated

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Adj.

accompanying - following or accompanying as a consequence; "an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"; "snags incidental to the changeover in management"; "attendant circumstances"; "the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"; "the ensuant response to his appeal"; "the resultant savings were considerable"concomitant, consequent, ensuant, resultant, sequent, attendant, incidentalsubsequent - following in time or order; "subsequent developments"

accompanying

adjective additional, added, extra, related, associate, associated, joint, fellow, connected, attached, accessory, attendant, complementary, supplementary, supplemental, concurrent, concomitant, appended She was in an accompanying car driven by a friend.

accompanying

adjectiveOccurring or existing with:attendant, attending, coincident, concomitant, concurrent.

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adj additional

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adj occurring or existing with

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adj following or accompanying as a consequence

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