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

Unlike many other iOS releases, this release was not accompanied by updates to all of the company's other operating systems.

From Ars Technica

Minors accompanied by adults are still allowed to shop and dine in the area.

From Washington Post

At a meeting of the House health committee in late August, lawmakers again grilled Neall and Schrader, who accompanied him.

From Washington Post

A trio of buttery grilled prawns are accompanied by a green sauce made creamy with sweetened condensed milk, electric with lime juice and tropical with lime leaf.

From Washington Post

Such outcomes are accompanied with data that’s measurable, even if the social changes are not—such as reducing workers’ frustration from spending less time waiting for an office elevator.

From MIT Technology Review

Canevari passed me off to Dean Sybil Todd, who accompanied me to the University Police Department.

From The Daily Beast

The text amply surveys the various cultural exponents of tattooing accompanied by excellent images.

From The Daily Beast

Witnesses said the girls were in their late teens and had been accompanied by a man who left soon after the blast.

From The Daily Beast

At the end of the hearing Gruber walked out silently, surrounded by cameras and accompanied by his lawyer.

From The Daily Beast

The woman had accompanied a friend who was visiting her boyfriend when she met the inmate she would marry.

From The Daily Beast

The Rev. Alonzo Barnard, seventy-one years of age, accompanied by his daughter, was present.

From Project Gutenberg

Roman Pane who accompanied Columbus on his second voyage alludes to another method of using the herb.

From Project Gutenberg

Ripperda accompanied this unexpected refusal, with a laboured epistle to his imperial friend.

From Project Gutenberg

An increase is also noted in the uric-acid diathesis and in diseases accompanied by respiratory insufficiency.

From Project Gutenberg

The governor went, but, leaving all the men who accompanied him, returned alone.

From Project Gutenberg