What is the meaning of accompanying?

verb

• Be present or associated with an event or entity.
  • usage: "French fries come with the hamburger"; "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue"; "fish usually goes with white wine"; "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries"
  • synonyms: attach to, accompany, come with, go with
• Go or travel along with.
  • usage: "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere"
  • synonyms: accompany
• Perform an accompaniment to.
  • usage: "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
  • synonyms: play along, accompany, follow
• Be a companion to somebody.
  • synonyms: company, companion, accompany, keep company

adjective

• Following or accompanying as a consequence.
  • usage: "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"
  • synonyms: attendant, consequent, concomitant, incidental, ensuant, resultant, sequent