accompanying
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Following or occurring as a result; concomitant: Describes something that happens at the same time as or as a direct consequence of something else.
- Being present or occurring with something else; attendant: Describes something that is included with or goes along with a primary item, event, or situation.
Usage and Examples
- As a result/consequence:
- The economic downturn and its accompanying unemployment caused widespread hardship.
- The main explosion and the accompanying fires destroyed several buildings.
- As an attendant or included feature:
- Please review the report and its accompanying documents.
- The letter arrived with an accompanying package.
Advanced Usage
- In formal or technical contexts: Often used to describe secondary effects, necessary components, or related phenomena in academic, legal, or scientific writing.
- The drug's efficacy must be weighed against its accompanying side effects.
- The treaty was signed with several accompanying protocols.
Variants and Related Words
- Accompany (verb): To go somewhere with someone; to be present or occur at the same time as something else.
- She will accompany me to the meeting.
- Thunder often accompanies lightning.
- Accompaniment (noun): Something that is added to or goes with another thing, especially in music.
- The pianist provided the musical accompaniment for the singer.
Synonyms
- Attendant: Accompanying as a result.
- Consequent: Following as a result or effect.
- Incidental: Occurring as a minor consequence or accompaniment.
- Resultant: Occurring as a direct outcome.
- Ensuing: Happening afterward, often as a consequence.
- Concomitant: Naturally accompanying or associated.
Related Phrases and Idioms
(Note: "Accompanying" is primarily used as a standard adjective and does not commonly form phrasal verbs or idioms itself. The related verb "accompany" is used in phrases.) - To accompany someone/something: To go with or be present with. - A sense of dread accompanied him throughout the journey.
Adjective
- following or accompanying 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