different between accompany vs succeed

English

Etymology

• First attested in early 15th century.

From Middle English accompanien, from Old French acompagner (“to associate with”), from compaing (“companion”), nominative singular of compaignon (“companion”). See company.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.?k?m.p?.ni/, /?.?k?mp.ni/
• Hyphenation: ac?com?pa?ny

Verb

accompany (third-person singular simple present accompanies, present participle accompanying, simple past and past participle accompanied)

1. (transitive) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with.
   • 1804 Richard Glover:

     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.

2. (transitive) To supplement with; add to.
4. (intransitive, music) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
5. (transitive, music) To perform an accompanying part next to (another instrument or musician).

6. (intransitive, obsolete) To associate in a company; to keep company.

   • Men say that they will drive away one another, […] and not accompanied together.

7. (intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit (with). (Can we add an example for this sense?)
8. (transitive, obsolete) To cohabit with; to coexist with; occur with.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Herbert to this entry?)

9. To be found at the same time.

Usage notes

(to go with): Traditionally, persons were said to be accompanied by, and inanimate objects, states or conditions were said to be accompanied with. However, this distinction is not generally observed today, and by is becoming predominant.

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

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• succede (dated)

Etymology

From Old French succeder, from Latin succedere (“to go under, go from under, come under, approach, follow, take the place of, receive by succession, prosper, be successful”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?k?si?d/
• Rhymes: -i?d
• Hyphenation: suc?ceed

Verb

succeed (third-person singular simple present succeeds, present participle succeeding, simple past and past participle succeeded)

1. (transitive) To follow something in sequence or time.

2. (transitive) To replace or supplant someone in order vis-à-vis an office, position, or title.

   Synonym: take the place of

3. (intransitive) To prevail in obtaining an intended objective or accomplishment; to prosper as a result or conclusion of a particular effort.

4. (intransitive) To come after or follow; to be subsequent or consequent.
   • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 49

     Her arms were like legs of mutton, her breasts like giant cabbages; her face, broad and fleshy, gave you an impression of almost indecent nakedness, and vast chin succeeded to vast chin.

5. To support; to prosper; to promote.

   • Succeed my wish and second my design.

6. (intransitive) To come in the place of another person, thing, or event; to come next in the usual, natural, or prescribed course of things; to follow; hence, to come next in the possession of anything; -- often with to.
   1. To ascend the throne after the removal the death of the occupant.

7. To descend, as an estate or an heirloom, in the same family; to devolve.
8. To go under cover.
9. (obsolete, rare) To fall heir to; to inherit.

10. (obsolete, rare) To ensue with an intended consequence or effect.

Synonyms

• (follow in order): come after; see also Thesaurus:succeed
• (support; prosper; promote): do well, flourish; see also Thesaurus:prosper

Antonyms

• (follow in order): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
• (obtain the object desired; accomplish what is attempted or intended): fail, fall on one's face
• (support; prosper; promote): fail

Derived terms

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• succede