Accompaniment Meaning
/əˈkʌm.pə.ni.mənt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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nounA part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
nounThat which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
Sentence Examples
High fever is a frequent accompaniment of influenza.
I want to sing to his piano accompaniment.
CEFR Practice Quiz
She served grilled fish with a lemon butter sauce as a perfect ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
White wine is a classic ____ to many types of seafood dishes.
Word Origin & History
From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment. First attested in 1744.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"My audience to this not-too-easy operation was a small group of Scottish school lasses, who seemed (perhaps naturally) to find the proceedings somewhat mysterious, but at any rate amusing. I wished they would go away, but they didn't, so I had to get on with the job to the accompaniment of a background of giggles!"
— 1952 February, H. C. Casserley, “Permanent Wayfarings”, in Railway Magazine, page 77:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She served grilled fish with a lemon butter sauce as a perfect ____.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
White wine is a classic ____ to many types of seafood dishes.