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un·ac·com·pa·nied

(ŭn′ə-kŭm′pə-nēd)

adj.

1. Going or acting without companions or a companion: unaccompanied children on a flight.

2. Music Performed or scored without accompaniment.

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unaccompanied

(ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənɪd)

adj

1. not accompanied

2. (Music, other) music

a. (of an instrument) playing alone

b. (of music for a group of singers) without instrumental accompaniment

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un•ac•com•pa•nied

(ˌʌn əˈkʌm pə nid)

adj.

1. not accompanied; alone.

2. without accompaniment by a musical instrument.

[1535–45]

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Adj.	1.	unaccompanied - being without an escort accompanied - having companions or an escort; "there were lone gentlemen and gentlemen accompanied by their wives"
	2.	unaccompanied - playing or singing without accompaniment; "the soloist sang unaccompanied" attended, accompanied - playing or singing with instrumental or vocal accompaniment
	3.	unaccompanied - (of a state or an event) taking place without something specified occurring at the same time; "a headache unaccompanied by other symptoms" separate - independent; not united or joint; "a problem consisting of two separate issues"; "they went their separate ways"; "formed a separate church"
Adv.	1.	unaccompanied - without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo" solo, alone

unaccompanied

adjective

1. alone, on your own, by yourself, solo, lone, unescorted Kelly's too young to go unaccompanied.

2. unattended, abandoned, left alone, unguarded, unwatched Unaccompanied bags are either searched or removed.

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unaccompanied

adjective

Lacking the company of others:

alone, companionless, lone, lonely, lonesome, single, solitary.

Translations

único

seul

senza accompagnamento

unaccompanied

[ˈʌnəˈkʌmpənɪd] ADJ

1. → solo, no acompañado
to go somewhere unaccompanied → ir a un sitio sin compañía, ir solo a un sitio

2. (Mus) → sin acompañamiento

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unaccompanied

[ˌʌnəˈkʌmpənid] adj

[child, lady] → non accompagné(e) (= luggage, baggage) → non accompagné(e)

(MUSIC) [+ singing, song] → sans accompagnement; [instrument] → solo

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unaccompanied

adj person, child, singing → ohne Begleitung; bag, suitcase (= abandoned) → herrenlos; (= travelling separately) → aufgegeben; unaccompanied violin → Solovioline f

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unaccompanied

[ˌʌnəˈkʌmp/ənɪd] adj (child, person) → non accompagnato/a; (luggage) → incustodito/a; (singing, song) → senza accompagnamento; (violin) → solo/a

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My master hesitated not a moment in complying with her request: reluctant as he was to leave home at ordinary calls, he flew to answer this; commanding Catherine to my peculiar vigilance, in his absence, with reiterated orders that she must not wander out of the park, even under my escort he did not calculate on her going unaccompanied.

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