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Accompany

To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow.

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Broader term 9

Affiliate 76% connected

To adopt; to receive into a family as a son; hence, to bring or receive into close connection; to ally.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Associate 76% connected

To join with one, as a friend, companion, partner, or confederate; as, to associate others with us in business, or in an enterprise.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Assort 76% connected

To separate and distribute into classes, as things of a like kind, nature, or quality, or which are suited to a like purpose; to classify; as, to ass…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consort 76% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Go 76% connected

Gone.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Interact 76% connected

A short act or piece between others, as in a play; an interlude; hence, intermediate employment or time.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Travel 76% connected

To labor; to travail.

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Manner of action 7

Attend 76% connected

To direct the attention to; to fix the mind upon; to give heed to; to regard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Consort 76% connected

One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Escort 76% connected

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Rule 76% connected

That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a r…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Run 76% connected

of Run

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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See 76% connected

A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Walk 76% connected

To move along on foot; to advance by steps; to go on at a moderate pace; specifically, of two-legged creatures, to proceed at a slower or faster rate…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 4

Escort 74% connected

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Escort 74% connected

A body of armed men to attend a person of distinction for the sake of affording safety when on a journey; one who conducts some one as an attendant;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Party 74% connected

A part or portion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Party 74% connected

A part or portion.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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See also 2

Attach 66% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Attach 66% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Companion 92% connected

One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Company 92% connected

The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Follow 92% connected

To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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