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Accompaniment definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ACCOM'PANIMENT, n. Something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added by way of ornament to the principal thing, or for the sake of symmetry. Thus instruments of music attending the voice; small objects in painting; dogs, guns and game in a hunting piece; warlike instruments with the portrait of a military character, are accompaniments.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another [syn: accompaniment, concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence]
2: a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts [syn: accompaniment, musical accompaniment, backup, support]
3: something added to complete or embellish or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish" [syn: complement, accompaniment]
4: the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them [syn: escort, accompaniment]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1697 1. an instrumental or vocal part designed to support or complement a melody 2. a. an addition (as an ornament) intended to give completeness or symmetry ; complement b. an accompanying situation or occurrence ; concomitant • accompanimental adjective

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 Mus. an instrumental or orchestral part supporting or partnering a solo instrument, voice, or group. 2 an accompanying thing; an appendage. Etymology: F accompagnement (as ACCOMPANY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Accompaniment Ac*com"pa*ni*ment (-ment), n. [F. accompagnement.] That 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. Specifically: (Mus.) A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass. --P. Cyc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(accompaniments) 1. The accompaniment to a song or tune is the music that is played at the same time as it and forms a background to it. He sang 'My Funny Valentine' to a piano accompaniment. N-COUNT: usu with supp 2. An accompaniment is something which goes with another thing. This recipe makes a good accompaniment to ice-cream. N-COUNT: usu with supp • If one thing happens to the accompaniment of another, they happen at the same time. The team came out to the accompaniment of fireworks. PREP-PHRASE

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Appendage, concomitant, attendant, adjunct, attachment, appurtenance.

Moby Thesaurus

accession, accessory, accordance, addenda, addendum, additament, addition, additive, additory, additum, adjunct, adjuvant, agreement, alliance, alto, annex, annexation, appanage, appendage, appendant, appurtenance, appurtenant, association, attachment, augment, augmentation, baritone, bass, basso continuo, basso ostinato, bassus, cahoots, canto, cantus, cantus figuratus, cantus planus, co-working, coaction, coda, coetaneity, coetaneousness, coevalneity, coevalness, coexistence, coincidence, collaboration, collectivity, collusion, combination, combined effort, complement, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concomitant, concordance, concourse, concurrence, confluence, conjunction, consilience, conspiracy, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness, continuation, continuo, contralto, cooperation, corollary, correspondence, descant, drone, extension, extrapolation, figured bass, fixture, ground bass, increase, increment, isochronism, junction, line, offshoot, parasitism, part, pendant, plain chant, plain song, prick song, reinforcement, saprophytism, side effect, side issue, simultaneity, soprano, supplement, symbiosis, synchronism, synchronization, synergy, tailpiece, tenor, thorough bass, treble, undergirding, undersong, union, unison, united action, voice, voice part