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# accompany

«accompany» in Mova's school dictionary: **to go somewhere with them** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

verb (accompany, accompanies, accompanied, accompanying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To accompany someone is to go somewhere with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#m1)

2) To accompany something is to come or happen with it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#m2)

3) To accompany a singer or player is to play music alongside them, for example on a piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and formal notes, «children must be accompanied by an adult» means a grown-up must go with them. In music lessons, a pianist accompanies the choir. In recipes, a sauce accompanies the meat. Phrases: accompanied by, must be accompanied, accompany someone to.

### examples

- Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#x1)
- Mum accompanied me to the dentist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#x2)
- Thunder often accompanies lightning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#x3)
- Mr Lee accompanied the choir on the piano. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#x4)
- Chips accompanied the fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#x5)
- Each adult can accompany 4 children, so 5 adults can take 20 children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#x6)
- A letter accompanied the parcel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#x7)
- But I will accompany you on your journey." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/#x8)

### note

Regular verb; y changes to i: accompanies, accompanied. The noun is «accompaniment». «Accompany» is more formal than «go with». It takes no «with»: «she accompanied me» (not «accompanied with me»).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «accompany» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/accompany/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.