# accompanying

Pronunciation: say "uh-KUM-puh-nee-ing" US /əˈkʌm.pə.ni.ɪŋ/, UK /əˈkʌm.p(ə.)ni.ɪŋ/

## Adjective

1. Present or occurring alongside something else.
   - Simple: Going along with something else at the same time.
   - _The report arrived with an accompanying chart showing the data._
   - _Each ticket includes an accompanying guide to the exhibits._

## Verb

2. Present participle of accompany. — present participle and gerund of accompany
   - Simple: Present participle of accompany. Use this -ing form when the action is happening right now.
   - _The pianist is accompanying the choir during the concert._
   - _Accompanying her grandmother to appointments became a weekly routine._

## Noun

3. Something that comes along with something else or goes with it, in the way an accompaniment does.
   - Simple: Something that comes or goes along with another thing.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/accompanying (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).