"accompanying" in the verb sense
1. attach to, accompany, 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"
2. accompany
go or travel along with
"The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"
3. play along, accompany, follow
perform an accompaniment to
"The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
4. company, companion, accompany, keep company
be a companion to somebody
"accompanying" in the adjective sense
1. attendant, consequent, accompanying, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent, collateral
occurring with or following as a consequence
"an excessive growth of bureaucracy, with attendant problems"
"snags incidental to the changeover in management"
"attendant circumstances"
"the period of tension and consequent need for military preparedness"
"the ensuant response to his appeal"
"the resultant savings were considerable"
"collateral target damage from a bombing run"
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