{
    "term": "accompany",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "accompany",
            "heSheIt": "accompanies"
        },
        "pastSimple": "accompanied",
        "pastParticiple": "accompanied",
        "ingForm": "accompanying"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to travel or go somewhere with somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "accompany somebody/something + adv./prep.accompany somebody/something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His wife accompanied him on the trip.",
                    "contextForm": "accompany somebody/something + adv./prep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was accompanied on the visit by her partner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I must ask you to accompany me to the police station."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Warships will accompany the convoy.",
                    "contextForm": "accompany somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The groups are always accompanied by an experienced mountain guide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Each young person must be accompanied by an adult."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to happen or appear with something else",
            "sensetop": "accompany somethingaccompanied by something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Shouts of protest accompanied this announcement.",
                    "contextForm": "accompany something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "strong winds accompanied by heavy rain",
                    "contextForm": "accompanied by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The text is accompanied by a series of stunning photographs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tax cuts have been accompanied by massive increases in public expenditure."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to play a musical instrument, especially a piano, while somebody else sings or plays the main tune",
            "sensetop": "accompany somebody (at/on something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The singer was accompanied on the piano by her sister."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkʌmpəni/",
                "audio": "ac/accompany/accompany__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkʌmpəniz/",
                "audio": "ac/accompany/accompanies__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkʌmpənid/",
                "audio": "ac/accompany/accompanied__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkʌmpəniɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ac/accompany/accompanying__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkʌmpəni/",
                "audio": "ac/accompany/accompany__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkʌmpəniz/",
                "audio": "ac/accompany/accompanies__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkʌmpənid/",
                "audio": "ac/accompany/accompanied__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˈkʌmpəniɪŋ/",
                "audio": "ac/accompany/accompanying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French accompagner, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + compagne, from Old French compaignon ‘companion’. The spelling change was due to association with company."
}