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escort

noun verb

the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

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Word Facts

Word length
6
Starts with
E
Ends with
T
Contains
SC
Scrabble score
8
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

ˈɛs.kɔɹt

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Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

noun

  1. someone who escorts and protects a prominent person

noun

  1. a participant in a date

    “his date never stopped talking”

noun

  1. an attendant who is employed to accompany someone

verb

  1. accompany as an escort

    “She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball”

verb

  1. conduct someone someplace

    “I'll see you to the door”

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Example Sentences

his date never stopped talking
She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball
I'll see you to the door

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