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accompany

 
 
/əˈkʌmpəni/ verb [T]

Definition

GO WITH formal to go somewhere with someone: We accompanied her back to her hotel.
HAPPEN TOGETHER to happen or exist at the same time as something else: The teachers' book is accompanied by a video cassette.
MUSIC to play a musical instrument with someone else who is playing or singing
(Definition of accompany verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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