All 12 Uses
accompany
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Me Before You
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- There are things you don't notice until you accompany someone with a wheelchair.
p. 78.1 *accompany = travel with
- The Traynors had agreed to pay his extra hours (Will's sister had left for Australia, and I think they wanted to be sure that someone "sensible" was going to accompany me), but I hadn't been sure until Sunday what it actually was we were going to do.
p. 157.1accompany = go with
- This was accompanied by a lascivious wink.
p. 167.9accompanied = paired as the same time
- A woman suffering from a degenerative disease had asked that the law be clarified to protect her husband, should he accompany her to Dignitas when her suffering became too much.
p. 207.2accompany = go with
- Mrs. Traynor had waited until Nathan was taking care of Will one lunchtime, then asked me to accompany her to the big house.
p. 220.6
- It was a subtle change in emphasis, but I knew that was the only way I could get him to accompany me.
p. 234.8accompany = come with
- I took a breath, and walked in past the sign that warned NO UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN, striding briskly between the dark, damp hedging which still glistened with raindrops.
p. 270.1unaccompanied = unescortedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unaccompanied means not and reverses the meaning of accompanied. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- Downstairs we could hear Granddad whistling tunelessly, accompanied by the whine and clunk of Thomas driving some remote-controlled vehicle backward and forward into a piece of skirting.
p. 315.2accompanied = joined at the same time
- It was a small thing, but his being able to get himself a drink without one of us accompanying him meant not so much a rest for me and Nathan as the brief removal of one of Will's daily frustrations—being entirely dependent on other people.
p. 349.5accompanying = going with
- The actions of those accompanying Mr. Traynor were of only minor assistance or influence.
p. 403.9accompanying = present at the same time
- The actions of those accompanying Mr. Traynor may be characterized as reluctant assistance in the face of a determined wish on the part of the victim.
p. 403.9
- On the front of the envelope, in typed capitals, it said, under my name: ONLY TO BE READ IN THE CAFE MARQUIS, RUE DES FRANCS BOURGEOIS, ACCOMPANIED BY CROISSANTS AND A LARGE CAFE CRÈME.
p. 406.5 *accompanied = joined (was present at the same time)
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)