accompanied

[ uh-kuhm-puh-need ]

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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

1. the simple past tense and past participle of accompany.

Other Words From

• well-ac·com·pa·nied adjective

Word 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

Example Sentences

During the course of the Nakba, the removal of Palestinians from their lands was accompanied by the renaming of sites and often by planting trees on the sites of villages, terraced fields and olive groves.

From Salon

Mr Headley, who was accompanied by his solicitor, was not asked to enter pleas on the two charges against him.

From BBC

As a child, I accompanied my mother to buy ingredients for Nigerian dishes in Upton Park, an area of East London known for its South Asian community.

From New York Times

Rather than arresting her attacker, Israeli soldiers, who’d accompanied settlers to the site, just told him to move on.

From BBC

The game’s title screen is accompanied by swashbuckling orchestral music that nods to, of all things, the state anthem of the Soviet Union.

From New York Times