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accompaniment definition

ac·com·pa·ni·ment (ə kum′pə nə mənt, -nē-; often, ə kump′nə-, -nē-)

noun

  1. anything that accompanies something else; thing added, usually for order or symmetry
  2. Music a part, usually instrumental, performed together with the main part for richer effect the piano accompaniment to a song

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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