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# escort

«escort» in Mova's school dictionary: **to go with them to protect them, guide them or keep them…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an escort, escorts); verb (escort, escorts, escorted, escorting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To escort someone is to go with them to protect them, guide them or keep them under guard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#m1)

2) An escort is a person, group or vehicle that goes with someone for protection or as an honour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#m2)

3) (old-fashioned) A person who goes with another to a party or dance as a partner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#m3)

4) (adult, euphemism) Someone paid to go out with another person; children usually do not need this sense. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In news and stories: police escorts, soldiers escorting a king, a teacher escorting pupils across the road. It tells the reader someone is being protected or guarded. Phrases: «police escort», «under escort», «escort someone home».

### examples

- A police car escorted the ambulance through traffic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#x1)
- The teacher escorted the children to the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#x2)
- The queen arrived with an escort of soldiers on horses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#x3)
- The prisoner was taken to court under escort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#x4)
- Dad will escort you home after the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#x5)
- Two ships escorted the big tanker into the harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#x6)
- Off sailed the yacht with the princess and her escort. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/escort/#x7)

### note

Stress: verb es-CORT, noun ES-cort. Similar: accompany, guide. «Under escort» means guarded.

### Trees and pragmatics

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