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accompaniment

[uh-kuhm-puh-ni-muhnt, uh-kuhmp-ni-] / əˈkʌm pə nɪ mənt, əˈkʌmp nɪ- /


NOUN
music that supports a theme or performer in a composition
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The fiery flavouring is a staple of dining tables regionwide, the obligatory accompaniment for everything from rice and peas, to curries and stews.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

They’ve also allowed people to organize things like court accompaniment, protection for religious services and food drives.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

Steven Osgood ably conducted the two-piano accompaniment; Jesse Barrett played the haunting oboe solos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 22, 2025

Together, they are trying to understand why the doxology, always sung “in one way and one way only” suddenly has been “pepped up” with an energetic organ accompaniment.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

In friskier moods, she performed lazy pirouettes, as though to the accompaniment of my own music box, which I always brought to the roof to keep me company.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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