accompany | | |
v. (stative) | 1. accompany, attach to, come with, go with | be present or associated with an event or entity.; "French fries come with the hamburger"; "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue"; "fish usually goes with white wine"; "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries" |
| ~ co-occur with, collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, go with | go or occur together.; "The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold'" |
| ~ attend | to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result.; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation" |
| ~ rule | have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac. |
v. (motion) | 2. accompany | go or travel along with.; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ walk | accompany or escort.; "I'll walk you to your car" |
| ~ consort, run | keep company.; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" |
| ~ escort | accompany as an escort.; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball" |
| ~ escort, see | accompany or escort.; "I'll see you to the door" |
| ~ tag along | go along with, often uninvited.; "my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends" |
v. (creation) | 3. accompany, follow, play along | perform an accompaniment to.; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ play | play on an instrument.; "The band played all night long" |
v. (stative) | 4. accompany, companion, company, keep company | be a companion to somebody. |
| ~ affiliate, assort, consort, associate | keep company with; hang out with.; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" |
play along | | |
v. (social) | 1. go along, play along | cooperate or pretend to cooperate.; "He decided to play along with the burglars for the moment" |
| ~ collaborate, cooperate, join forces, get together | work together on a common enterprise of project.; "The soprano and the pianist did not get together very well"; "We joined forces with another research group" |
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