accompaniment

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another
noun a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
noun something added to complete or embellish or make perfect

From French accompagnement; equivalent to accompany + -ment. First attested in 1744.

I play his accompaniments in the evening. — The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
The tavern and its accompaniments pleased him. — Notre-Dame de Paris, Victor Hugo
He will not sing without a pianoforte accompaniment. — Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters: A Family Record, William Austen-Leigh

concomitant, attendant, co-occurrence

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