All 12 Uses
accompany
in
Harry Potter (#4) and the Goblet of Fire
(Edited)
- The wizard in plus-fours accompanied them toward the gate to the campsite.
Chpt 7accompanied = went with
- The rain sounded even louder at the top of the house, accompanied by loud whistlings and moans from the wind, not to mention sporadic howls from the ghoul who lived in the attic.
Chpt 10 *accompanied = joined at the same time
- They did it in groups today; Harry, Ron, and Hermione (the most conspicuous, since they were accompanied by Pigwidgeon and Crookshanks) went first; they leaned casually against the barrier, chatting unconcernedly, and slid sideways through it....and as they did so, platform nine and three-quarters materialized in front of them.
Chpt 11accompanied = joined (traveled with)
- Fred and George set off for the hospital wing, accompanied by Lee, who was howling with laughter, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione, also chortling, went in to breakfast.
Chpt 16accompanied = joined (in the company of)
- Harry had a sudden mental image of himself in a top hat and tails, accompanied by a girl in the sort of frilly dress Aunt Petunia always wore to Uncle Vernon's work parties.
Chpt 22
- He bent his knees slightly to hide behind Harry, because Fleur Delacour was passing, looking stunning in robes of silver-gray satin, and accompanied by the Ravenclaw Quidditch captain, Roger Davies.
Chpt 23accompanied = escorted (in the company of)
- Krum was at the front of the party, accompanied by a pretty girl in blue robes Harry didn't know.
Chpt 23accompanied = joined
- She was wearing banana-yellow robes today; her long nails were painted shocking pink, and she was accompanied by her paunchy photographer.
Chpt 24
- They pulled Fleur's sister through the water, back toward the bank where the judges stood watching, twenty merpeople accompanying them like a guard of honor, singing their horrible screechy songs.
Chpt 26accompanying = escorting (traveling with)
- But Wormtail — displaying a presence of mind I would never have expected from him — convinced Bertha Jorkins to accompany him on a nighttime stroll.
Chpt 33accompany = join
- He transformed back into the great black dog and walked with Harry and Dumbledore out of the office, accompanying them down a flight of stairs to the hospital wing.
Chpt 36 *accompanying = traveling with
- He insisted on summoning a dementor to accompany him into the castle.
Chpt 36accompany = go with
Definitions:
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(1)
(accompany as in: accompany on the journey) to travel along with
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(2)
(accompany as in: the accompanying chart) to be present with at the same time and/or location -- sometimes provided to make something more complete or better
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(3)
(accompany as in: accompanied her in the performance) to perform with
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)