accompany

/əˈkʌm·pə·ni/ verb (present participle accompanying, past tense and past participle accompanied)

Definition

B1 formal to go to a place with someone: All children must be accompanied by an adult.

› to be sold or supplied with something else: The book is accompanied by a DVD.

› to play a musical instrument with someone else who is playing or singing

(Definition of accompany verb from the Webster's Essential Mini Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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