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How to pronounce companion in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms fellow traveler, fellow traveller
Type of traveller, traveler
Derivation companionship
Type Words
Synonyms accompany, company, keep company
Type of consort, affiliate, associate, assort
Type Words
Synonyms associate, comrade, familiar, fellow
Type of friend
Has types date, escort, tovarich, playmate, tovarisch, playfellow
Derivation companionship


drinking companions.
Type Words
Type of tender, attender, attendant

Examples of companion

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In one form or another, controversy was Ernest Hemingway's most loyal companion.
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He signed a companion bill that allows students access to private financial aid.
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A companion exhibit at Arte Italia provides explanatory panels, video and books.
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The first of the two companion amendments passed quickly and without discussion.
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I wanted the full experience and chose the chef's table for my companion and me.
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It was such a lovely break, perfect for some time out with a companion you love.
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Wow, I can't believe the folks on here complaining of $135 to adopt a companion.
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My companion on the trip, an Israeli reserve officer, started by placing a 9-mm.
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On my first visit, my companion and I sat in our booth wide-eyed, necks craning.
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More examples
  • Company: be a companion to somebody
  • A friend who is frequently in the company of another; "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"
  • A traveler who accompanies you
  • One paid to accompany or assist or live with another
  • In health care and caregiving, a companion, sitter, or private duty may be a nurse, nurse assistant, or similar professional who is hired to work with one patient (or occasionally two). ...
  • In the long-running BBC television science fiction programme Doctor Who and related works, a companion refers to a character who travels with, and shares the adventures of the Doctor. ...
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  • In the architecture of a ship, a companion or companionway is a raised and windowed hatchway in the ship's deck, with a ladder leading below and the hooded entrance-hatch to the main cabins. ...
  • A friend, acquaintance, or partner; someone with whom one spends time or keeps company; A person employed to accompany or travel with another; The framework on the quarterdeck of a sailing ship through which daylight entered the cabins below; The covering of a hatchway on an upper deck which ...