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accompaniment
What does accompaniment mean?
accompaniment (noun): a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use accompaniment in a sentence?
- You're playing the accompaniment too loudly. (Tatoeba sentence #5974648 by mailohilohi, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce accompaniment?
/əˈkʌmpnɪmənt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does accompaniment come from?
From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to accompaniment
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “accompaniment” mean?
an irrational need or irresistible urge to perform some action, often despite negative consequences
Not quite: that's what compulsion means.
a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
Right! That's what “accompaniment” means.
the feel or shape of a surface or substance; the smoothness, roughness, softness, etc. of something
Not quite: that's what texture means.
an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
Not quite: that's what dilettante means.
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