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accompaniment

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ac⋅com⋅pa⋅ni⋅ment

[uh-kuhm-puh-ni-muhnt, uh-kuhmp-ni-]
–noun
1. something incidental or added for ornament, symmetry, etc.
2. Music. a part in a composition designed to serve as background and support for more important parts.

Origin:
1725–35; accompany + -ment
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ac·com·pa·ni·ment   (ə-kŭm'pə-nē-mənt, ə-kŭmp'nē-)   
n.  
  1. Music A vocal or instrumental part that supports another, often solo, part.

  2. Something, such as a situation, that accompanies something else; a concomitant.

  3. Something added for embellishment, completeness, or symmetry; complement.

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