chaperone
verb/ˈʃæpərəʊn/
/ˈʃæpərəʊn/
(also chaperon)
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they chaperone | /ˈʃæpərəʊn/ /ˈʃæpərəʊn/ |
| he / she / it chaperones | /ˈʃæpərəʊnz/ /ˈʃæpərəʊnz/ |
| past simple chaperoned | /ˈʃæpərəʊnd/ /ˈʃæpərəʊnd/ |
| past participle chaperoned | /ˈʃæpərəʊnd/ /ˈʃæpərəʊnd/ |
| -ing form chaperoning | /ˈʃæpərəʊnɪŋ/ /ˈʃæpərəʊnɪŋ/ |
- chaperone somebody to act as a chaperone for somebody, especially a womanWord Originlate Middle English (denoting a hood or cap, regarded as giving protection): from French, feminine of chaperon ‘hood’, diminutive of chape, from late Latin cappa ‘cap’. The current sense dates from the early 18th cent.
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