"chaperone" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/ [General-American], /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vanderdecken-chaperone.wav Forms: chaperones [plural]
Etymology: See chaperon. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chaperone (plural chaperones)
  1. An older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman. Translations (older person who accompanies younger people to ensure good behaviour): 監護人 (Chinese Mandarin), 监护人 (jiānhùrén) (Chinese Mandarin), garde [neuter] (Czech), gardedáma [feminine] (Czech), anstandsdame [common-gender] (Danish), eskortanto [masculine] (Esperanto), eskortantino [feminine] (Esperanto), esiliina (Finnish), kaitsija (Finnish), chaperon [masculine] (French), Anstandsdame [feminine] (German), Anstandswauwau [colloquial, masculine] (German), Aufsichtsperson [feminine] (German), Begleitperson [feminine] (German), Begleitung [feminine] (German), Aufpasser [masculine] (German), συνοδός (synodós) [feminine] (Greek), bean choimhdeachta (english: lady’s maid) [feminine] (Irish), 保護者 (hogosha) (alt: ほごしゃ) (Japanese), anstand [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), przyzwoitka [feminine] (Polish), guardião [masculine] (Portuguese), guardiã [feminine] (Portuguese), mentor [masculine] (Portuguese), mentora [feminine] (Portuguese), aia [feminine] (Portuguese), aio [masculine] (Portuguese), дуэ́нья (duénʹja) [dated, feminine] (Russian), dueña [feminine] (Spanish), carabina [feminine] (Spanish), chaperón [masculine] (Spanish), chaperon (Swedish), förkläde (Swedish), مَحْرَم (maḥram) (english: loosely - one who cannot be married to) [masculine] (Urdu)
    Sense id: en-chaperone-en-noun-EfOGKNf7 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 31 30 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 32 37 7 10 Disambiguation of 'older person who accompanies younger people to ensure good behaviour': 90 3 7
  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. Categories (topical): Biochemistry Translations (protein that aids in folding other proteins): kaitsijaproteiini (Finnish), saperoni (Finnish), Chaperon [masculine] (German), dajkafehérje [singular] (Hungarian), シャペロン (shaperon) (Japanese), białko opiekuńcze [neuter] (Polish), şaperon (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-chaperone-en-noun-SDbBW9gY Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 31 30 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 32 37 7 10 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'protein that aids in folding other proteins': 11 72 17
  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. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Business, Brexit
    Sense id: en-chaperone-en-noun-sbiqYVSe Disambiguation of Brexit: 3 5 80 1 11 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Urdu translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 24 34 3 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 31 30 8 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 20 41 4 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 18 46 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 21 12 56 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 19 14 52 2 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 14 55 4 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 12 56 3 14 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 20 40 10 13 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 20 47 5 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 32 37 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 17 50 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 12 10 62 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 17 24 43 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 21 44 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 18 50 3 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 13 11 59 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 12 52 5 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 10 56 2 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 21 44 6 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 17 48 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 11 60 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 14 11 58 3 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 12 14 54 4 16 Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹoʊn/ [General-American], /ˈʃæ.pəˌɹəʊn/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vanderdecken-chaperone.wav Forms: chaperones [present, singular, third-person], chaperoning [participle, present], chaperoned [participle, past], chaperoned [past]
Etymology: See chaperon. Head templates: {{en-verb}} chaperone (third-person singular simple present chaperones, present participle chaperoning, simple past and past participle chaperoned)
  1. To act as a chaperone. Translations (act as a chaperone): 陪伴 (péibàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 监护 (jiānhù) (Chinese Mandarin), 起到分子伴侣作用 (qǐdào fēnzǐbànlǚ zuòyòng) [biochemistry, microbiology, chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences, biology] (Chinese Mandarin), olla esiliinana (jollekin) (Finnish), chaperonner (French), als Beschützerin begleiten (German), Anstandsdame spielen (German), beaufsichtigen (German), begleiten (German), eskortieren (German), συνοδεύω (synodévo) (Greek), sciaperonare (Italian), acompanhar (Portuguese), assistir (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-chaperone-en-verb-3FcUY7~3 Disambiguation of 'act as a chaperone': 89 11
  2. (UK, business) To work as a chaperone. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Business
    Sense id: en-chaperone-en-verb-vt4jOVLe Categories (other): British English, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Greek translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 31 30 8 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 13 32 37 7 10 Topics: business

Inflected forms

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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "older person who accompanies younger people to ensure good behaviour",
      "word": "chaperon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "older person who accompanies younger people to ensure good behaviour",
      "word": "förkläde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "english": "loosely - one who cannot be married to",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "maḥram",
      "sense": "older person who accompanies younger people to ensure good behaviour",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "مَحْرَم"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "note": "分子伴侣 (fēnzǐ bànlǚ, literally “molecular companion”)",
      "sense": "protein that aids in folding other proteins"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "protein that aids in folding other proteins",
      "word": "kaitsijaproteiini"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "protein that aids in folding other proteins",
      "word": "saperoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "protein that aids in folding other proteins",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Chaperon"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "protein that aids in folding other proteins",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "dajkafehérje"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shaperon",
      "sense": "protein that aids in folding other proteins",
      "word": "シャペロン"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "protein that aids in folding other proteins",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "białko opiekuńcze"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "protein that aids in folding other proteins",
      "word": "şaperon"
    }
  ],
  "word": "chaperone"
}

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          "text": "'Purcell had volunteered to chaperone a delegation of female students'",
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          "ref": "2021 June 30, Tim Dunn, “How we made... Secrets of the London Underground”, in RAIL, number 934, pages 48–49:",
          "text": "TfL has more than enough to be getting on with each day without having to chaperone TV crews.",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "péibàn",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "陪伴"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiānhù",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "监护"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "qǐdào fēnzǐbànlǚ zuòyòng",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "topics": [
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      "word": "起到分子伴侣作用"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "olla esiliinana (jollekin)"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "chaperonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "als Beschützerin begleiten"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "Anstandsdame spielen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "beaufsichtigen"
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      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "eskortieren"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "synodévo",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "συνοδεύω"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "sciaperonare"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "acompanhar"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act as a chaperone",
      "word": "assistir"
    }
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