phrase (passive/description) · formal

be accompanied by + noun

/bi əˈkʌmpənid baɪ/ac·COM·pa·nied

Band 6-7task2speaking

to occur together with something else; to be joined by

Examples

“The new policy was accompanied by a public awareness campaign.”

“Her arrival was accompanied by loud applause.”

“Economic growth was accompanied by rising inequality.”

Band 8 sentence

“The policy change was accompanied by a clear communication strategy targeting vulnerable groups.”

Collocations

  • be accompanied by a rise in / a drop in / applause
  • accompanied by strong evidence

Word family

accompany verbaccompaniment nounaccompanied adjective / past participle

Common mistakes

accompanied with→accompanied by

is accompany by→is accompanied by

Say it for a higher band

5with→6together with→7+be accompanied by + noun

Synonyms

be accompanied with

Easily confused

accompanied by / accompanied with

“The speech was accompanied by slides that illustrated the main points.”

Related words

had been + past participlebe + past participleto have been + past participlebe used to + Vbe + past participle + by + agentnoun + past participle (reduced relative clause)be seen as + noun / adjectivehave/has been + past participle

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