accompanying

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈkʌm.p(ə.)ni.ɪŋ/

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accompanying (comparative more accompanying, superlative most accompanying)

1. Present together.
   • 1848, S. T. Coleridge, Hints towards the formation of a more comprehensive theory of life, Preface:

     The accompanying pages contain the unfinished Sketch of a Theory of Life by S. T. Coleridge

• “accompanying” in Merriam-Webster Thesaurus

accompanying

1. present participle and gerund of accompany

accompanying (plural accompanyings)

1. That which accompanies; accompaniment.
   • 1839, William Thompson Bacon, Poems, page 46:

     He was seated / Among his equals; and a holiday / With its accompanyings — loud laughs, and jests, / And boisterous mirth — sped merrily […]