Meaning

An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman..

Definitions by Sense

1. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman.
2. (biochemistry) A protein that assists the non-covalent folding/unfolding and the assembly/disassembly of other macromolecular structures, but does not occur in these structures when the latter are performing their normal biological functions.
3. (UK, business) An employee sent by a British company to the European Union to work with a client there, to circumvent restrictions imposed after Brexit.
4. To act as a chaperone.
5. (UK, business) To work as a chaperone.

Example Sentences

They played you off very cunning, Eliza. If it had been only one of them, you could have nailed him. But you see, there was two; and one of them chaperoned the other, as you might say.

'Purcell had volunteered to chaperone a delegation of female students'

TfL has more than enough to be getting on with each day without having to chaperone TV crews.

Word Forms

• chaperones
• chaperoning
• chaperoned

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When Should You Use Chaperone?

Use chaperone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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