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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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Traditional music and drumming also provided an accompaniment to the activities.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2026

For the accompaniment, he is less forgiving: Serve with warm steamed rice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

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

But whenever somebody started a song, Mama Oji would clap, insistently, loudly, in accompaniment, and soon all the other neighbors would join in the clapping and Alice could not play.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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