Escort - English meaning

verb

Go somewhere with (someone) as a companion or escort.

Usage examples:

The two sisters were to accompany us to london

noun

An assistant to an important person, especially a political leader.

Usage examples:

A presidential aide

noun

A person who ranks below a senior person.

Usage examples:

The managing director and his assistant

noun

A person employed to provide a service to the public in a particular place.

Usage examples:

A cloakroom attendant

adjective

Occurring with or as a result of.

Usage examples:

The sea and its attendant attractions

noun

Someone whose job is to help others in a particular place or situation

Usage examples:

A gas station/parking lot attendant

noun

A person or group of people employed to escort and protect an important or famous person.

Usage examples:

Already, she is in need of bodyguards to protect her from the all-too-real threat of stalkers.

verb

Take or go with (someone or something) to a place.

Usage examples:

She brought luke home from hospital

verb

To take or carry someone or something to a place or a person, or in the direction of the person speaking

Usage examples:

Bring me that book./bring that book to me., i brought my daughter to the office., [ m ] next time y…

verb

To make something come to a particular place, point, or level

Usage examples:

Producers need to bring oil production to levels that create more stable and more sustainable oil p…

noun

A person who accompanies and looks after another person or group of people.

Usage examples:

After the wedding ceremony, the bride is accompanied by her chaperone, even if staying overnight wi…

verb

Accompany and look after or supervise.

Usage examples:

She chaperoned the children at all times

noun

(especially in the past) an older person, especially a woman, who stays with and takes care of a younger woman who is not married when she is in public

Usage examples:

Humorous she asked me to go to the cinema with her and andrew, i think as a sort of chaperone., sev…

noun

The manner in which a person behaves, especially in a particular place or situation.

Usage examples:

They were arrested for disorderly conduct

verb

Organize and carry out.

Usage examples:

In the second trial he conducted his own defence

verb

Direct the performance of (a piece of music or an orchestra, choir, etc.).

Usage examples:

The concert is to be conducted by sir simon rattle

noun

A group of ships or vehicles travelling together, typically one accompanied by armed troops, warships, or other vehicles for protection.

Usage examples:

A convoy of lorries

verb

(of a warship or armed troops) accompany (a group of ships or vehicles) for protection.

Usage examples:

American destroyers helped to convoy much-needed supplies to britain in 1917–18

noun

A group of ships or vehicles that travel together, esp. for protection

Usage examples:

A convoy of supply ships

noun

A person who has responsibility for taking care of or protecting something.

Usage examples:

The custodians of pension and insurance funds

noun

A person or organization that is responsible for protecting, caring for, or maintaining something or someone

Usage examples:

The library is a traditional custodian of information., the school’s crisis team includes teachers,…

noun

Someone who has the legal right to manage and look after another person's money, investments, etc.

Usage examples:

The report was sent to the owners and the custodians of the corporation's voting stock.

verb

Resist an attack made on (someone or something); protect from harm or danger.

Usage examples:

We shall defend our island, whatever the cost

verb

To protect someone or something from attack or harm

Usage examples:

Communities will fight to defend themselves., how can people best defend themselves against disease…

verb

To protect someone or something against attack, criticism, or loss

Usage examples:

Defend sth/yourself against sth the company has been defending itself against a takeover bid., the …

noun

A person who defends someone or something.

Usage examples:

A determined defender of british interests

noun

A person who supports someone or something, esp. when attacked or criticized

Usage examples:

She is a defender of women’s rights., murray dribbled past a defender and fired the ball right into…

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

noun

An older woman acting as a governess and companion in charge of girls, especially in a spanish family; a chaperone.

Usage examples:

She brought an entourage of some sixty people, from her aristocratic duenna, dona elvira, to her bi…

noun

An officer of the british royal household who attends or assists members of the royal family.

Usage examples:

He became equerry to the duke of kent

noun

An officer who works for a particular member of a royal family to help in their official duties

Usage examples:

An equerry to the queen

phrasal verb

Go or occur together

phrasal verb

To accept an idea or agree with a person

Usage examples:

I think we can go with the advertising agency's suggestions, don't you?

verb

Watch over in order to protect or control.

Usage examples:

Two men were left to guard the stockade

noun

A person who keeps watch, especially a soldier or other person assigned to protect a person or to control access to a place.

Usage examples:

A security guard

noun

A person or group of people whose job is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal from escaping

Usage examples:

Prison guards, security guards, post a guard there are guards posted (= standing and watching) at e…

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Usage examples:

A tour guide

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

Usage examples:

He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

verb

Someone employed to conduct others

verb

Cause (a person or animal) to go with one by holding them by the hand, a halter, a rope, etc. while moving forward.

Usage examples:

She emerged leading a bay horse

noun

The initiative in an action; an example for others to follow.

Usage examples:

Britain is now taking the lead in environmental policies

noun

A soft, heavy, ductile bluish-grey metal, the chemical element of atomic number 82. it has been used in roofing, plumbing, ammunition, storage batteries, radiation shields, etc., and its compounds have been used in crystal glass, as an anti-knock agent in petrol, and (formerly) in paints.

Usage examples:

There's evidence that heavy metals such as lead and cadmium can make osteoporosis worse.

noun

Either of a pair of people engaged together in the same activity.

Usage examples:

Arrange the children in pairs so that each person has a partner

verb

A friendly form of address by one man to another.

Usage examples:

How you doing, partner?

noun

A timber framework secured to and strengthening the deck of a wooden ship around a hole through which a mast, capstan, pump, etc. pass.

Usage examples:

The mast was not chocked at the partners as it should have been

verb

Keep safe from harm or injury.

Usage examples:

He tried to protect kelly from the attack

verb

Shield from danger, injury, destruction, or damage

verb

To keep someone or something safe from injury, damage, or loss

Usage examples:

He says he was protecting his home and family., a citizens’ group worked to protect forest areas.

noun

A person or thing that protects someone or something.

Usage examples:

A man who became her protector, adviser, and friend

noun

Someone or something that protects people or things from injury or damage

Usage examples:

After his parents died, he became the protector of his sisters., a $20 surge protector can save you…

noun

A thing that holds something in place.

Usage examples:

A guitar string retainer

noun

An amount of money that you pay to someone in advance so that the person will work for you when needed

Usage examples:

He was on a $150,000 retainer from lloyd's of london.

noun

An amount of money that you pay to a lawyer, consultant (= someone paid to give expert advice or training), etc. in order to be sure that they can work for you when you need them to

Usage examples:

The firm retained white as a consultant, paying him a $5,000 retainer., get/be on/receive a retaine…

noun

A measure taken to protect someone or something or to prevent something undesirable.

Usage examples:

The charity called for tougher safeguards to protect britain's remaining natural forests

verb

Protect from harm or damage with an appropriate measure.

Usage examples:

A framework which safeguards employees from exploitation

verb

To protect someone or something from harm or destruction

Usage examples:

Judges have an obligation to safeguard our right to free speech and a free press., the best safegua…

noun

A person who tends and rears sheep.

Usage examples:

In numerous prints donkeys and sheep enslave millers and shepherds; farmers pull ploughs or carry s…

verb

Tend (sheep) as a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Although the sheep are shepherded, they're generally only counted when we bring them in

verb

Guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder.

Usage examples:

He steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay

noun

The type of steering of a vehicle.

Usage examples:

Some cars boast four-wheel steer

noun

Another term for bullock.

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

noun

A person who shows people to their seats, especially in a cinema or theatre or at a wedding.

Usage examples:

An usher at the cinema said the attendance had been better when the film was first released some we…

verb

Show or guide (someone) somewhere.

Usage examples:

A waiter ushered me to a table

verb

Someone employed to conduct others