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Definition companion in American English

companion noun

[countable] noun
/kəmˈpænjən/
1

someone who is with you

Example

a traveling companion

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1.1

a friend or pet that you spend a lot of time with

Example

The dog soon became my constant companion.

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1.2

someone who is paid to live or travel with another person

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2

one of a pair or group of things that are related or can be used together

Example

Have you seen the companion to this glove?

Example

the television series American Inventors and its companion series American Discoverers

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3

used in the titles of books for showing that they are about a particular subject

Example

a copy of the Feminist Companion to English Literature

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Definition companion in American English