noun🔗ShareAn older person who accompanies other younger people to ensure the propriety of their behaviour, often an older woman accompanying a young woman."The school dance required several parent volunteers to act as chaperones, making sure everyone behaved appropriately. "culturefamilysocietyhumanpersonagetraditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA 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."In the cell, chaperones help proteins fold correctly into their working shapes, ensuring they can perform their jobs properly, but they aren't a permanent part of the finished protein itself. "biochemistrybiologyphysiologystructurefunctionorganismprocessmedicinescienceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo act as a chaperone."The school will chaperone the field trip to the museum. "familysocietyactiongrouppersonChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading