accompany English
Verb
( en-verb)
To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
* 1804 :
- The Persian dames, […] / In sumptuous cars, accompanied his march.
* 1581 , (Philip Sidney), An Apology of Poetry, or a Defense of Poesy , Book I:
- They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.
* 1979 , (Thomas Babington Macaulay), The History of England :
- He was accompanied by two carts filled with wounded rebels.
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To supplement with; add to.
* , chapter=5
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.}}
(senseid)(music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
(music) To perform an accompanying part next to another instrument.
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(obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.
* (rfdate) Holland:
- Men say that they will drive away one another, […] and not accompany together.
(obsolete) To cohabit (with).
(obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.
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( the obsolete cases)
Usage notes
(to go with) Persons are said to be accompanied by', and inanimate objects, state or condition is said to be accompanied ' with .
Synonyms
* (go with) attend, escort, go with
:* We accompany those with whom we go as companions. The word imports an equality of station.
:* We attend those whom we wait upon or follow. The word conveys an idea of subordination .
:* We escort those whom we attend with a view to guard and protect .
:*: A gentleman accompanies' a friend to some public place; he '''attends''' or ' escorts a lady.
Related terms
* accompaniment
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join English
Verb
( en verb)
To combine more than one item into one; to put together.
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To come together; to meet.
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* (William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
- Nature and fortune joined to make thee great.
To come into the company of.
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, title=( The Celebrity), chapter=4
, passage=No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.}}
To become a member of.
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* , chapter=22
, title= The Mirror and the Lamp
, passage=In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined . One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time.}}
(computing, databases, transitive) To produce an intersection of data in two or more database tables.
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To unite in marriage.
* (John Wycliffe) (1320-1384)
- he that joineth his virgin in matrimony
* Bible, (w) xix. 6
- What, therefore, God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
(obsolete, rare) To enjoin upon; to command.
* (William Tyndale) (1494-1536)
- They join them penance, as they call it.
To accept, or engage in, as a contest.
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- (Milton)
Synonyms
* (to combine more than one item into one) bewed, connect, fay, unite
Noun
( en noun)
An intersection of piping or wiring; an interconnect.
(computing, databases) An intersection of data in two or more database tables.
(algebra) The lowest upper bound, an operation between pairs of elements in a lattice, denoted by the symbol .
Antonyms
* (lowest upper bound) meet
Derived terms
* antijoin
* autojoin
* cross join
* equijoin
* explicit join
* implicit join
* inner join
* left join
* natural join
* outer join
* right join
* semijoin
* theta join
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