ACCOMPANIED Definition & Meaning

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accompanied

[uh-kuhm-puh-need]

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adjective

having another person along; acting or done with someone as company.
The youngest of the accompanied children on that voyage, a 5-year-old boy named Gid, was my great-grandfather.
Music.��performing or performed with one or more instruments providing background and support.
The 25 singers perform mostly a cappella, with the concluding anthem being the only accompanied piece on the album.
being or existing together with something else (often used in combination).
The company's haulage fleet includes a forklift-accompanied trailer for more efficient and trouble-free deliveries.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of accompany.

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

well-accompanied adjective

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of accompanied¹

First recorded in 1605–15, for an earlier sense; accompany ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; accompany ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

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Seriously, Timpf says she loves being a mom, even with the personal drama that accompanied it.

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He had been accompanied by a "senior and experienced sergeant" on Monday morning to "serve a court-approved warrant to repossess a home", Ms Adams said.

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Lough accompanied her the following day and was told by another officer that they didn’t take reports for such cases “because it’s so common in L.A. that we couldn’t possibly prosecute it.”

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Boston, who has been living with dementia, was accompanied at the Palace by his family and representatives of his former club.

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What the younger Seed found, accompanied by memories from her mother’s colleagues, was a rich archive of adventurous work and personal expression: photos, journals, contact sheets, Super8 film, audio pieces and a trove of interviews.

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