to accompany

Examples

• All

• I beg you, Dmitri, come to Sydney and accompany me to Atlanta immediately.

  Mission: Impossible II (2000)

• I'm sorry your parents were unable to accompany you.

  Last Resort (1996)

• If you need someone to accompany you to the Super Bowl...

  80 for Brady (2023)

• Very well, Mr. Solo, you can accompany me and protect me

  The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E.: The Fifteen Years Later Affair (1983)

• Parents of this group of students were not invited to accompany their children to meet potential employers.

  Academic text (2008)

• None of these students' parents accepted the invitation to accompany their children in the activities.

  Academic text (2008)

• May I have the honour of accompanying you to the carnival ball?

  Casanova (2005)

• In June and July 1962, a KCRA crew was invited to accompany President Kennedy on a trip to Mexico.

  Academic text (2017)

• Judith, you have been requested to accompany Harley to New Orleans for a meeting.

  Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013)

• Now, in light of Mr. Wilkinson's decision, Mr. Pinn, you'll accompany Mr. Garrett.

  Abraham Lincoln vs. Zombies (2012)

Synonyms

T

to take someone to

vsto accompany

∞ 1.7

Go with a person to bring them to a place

is broader, applying to simply going along rather than actively leading

S

to see

vsto accompany

∞ 3.9

To go with someone to the door or their car as a courtesy

is more general, meaning go with someone in many companion roles

W

to walk

vsto accompany

735 1.0

To go with someone on foot to keep them safe

includes all modes of going together, not only walking

E

to escort

vsto accompany

287 4.0

To go with someone to protect or help them

is wider, covering any kind of going along rather than protection focus

T

to tag along

vsto accompany

• Informal

59 3.7

To go somewhere with someone without being invited

is a neutral joining, not necessarily informal or uninvited

C

to chaperon

vsto accompany

• UK

14 7.2

To go with and watch young people to make sure they behave at events

is less about supervision and more about simply going together

C

to chaperone

vsto accompany

10 5.5

To go with young people to watch them at an event and make sure they behave

is more neutral and does not imply monitoring behaviour

S

to serve as an escort

vsto accompany

• Formal

4.1

To go with a person like an ambassador to protect or show respect

is less formal and covers casual or unofficial companionship

C

to companion

vsto accompany

4.8

To be with someone to keep them company and help them

focuses more on the act of going somewhere together rather than just company

Antonyms

L

to leave

∞ 1.0

To go away from a place, person, or group

A

to abandon

773 3.1

Leave someone or something behind permanently and without care

How Closely

to guard

418 1.0

to escort

287 4.0

to accompany

219 3.5

to tag along

• Informal

59 3.7

to join

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology