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accompaniment
[ uh-kuhm-puh-ni-muhnt, uh-kuhmp-ni- ]
noun
- something incidental or added for ornament, symmetry, etc.
- Music. a part in a composition designed to serve as background and support for more important parts.
accompaniment
/ əˈkʌmpnɪ-; əˈkʌmpənɪmənt /
noun
- something that accompanies or is served or used with something else
- something inessential or subsidiary that is added, as for ornament or symmetry
- music a subordinate part for an instrument, voices, or an orchestra
Other 51Թ Forms
- ԴDza·dzp·Ծ·Գ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of accompaniment1
Example Sentences
These are meant to be the anesthetizing accompaniment to playlists featuring purveyors of sonic wallpaper made to help your whole body chill out — a vibe-fest, on demand.
When handled with care and given thoughtful accompaniments, it can be the most exciting part of the meal.
Cellist Kina Kantor, an ensemble member who shadows the action, provides musical accompaniment that lends the human comedy an indisputable gravity.
Plus, the film’s central three-note motif stirs in the viewer a primal hope and unease, the perfect accompaniment to Toth’s journeys in America.
And “Being Alive” from “Company,” led by Dickey with soaring vocal accompaniment, takes us into the production’s rousing final stretch.
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