accompaniment

Language: en

🇺🇸 /əˈkʌmpnɪmənt/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A musical part that supports or partners a solo instrument, voice, or group.; Something that supplements or complements a main thing; an addition that goes along with something else.; The act of accompanying someone or something.; A natural or usual concomitant; something that regularly occurs alongside something else.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable / uncountable Plural: accompaniments

Collocations

musical accompanimentpiano accompanimentwith accompanimentwithout accompanimentprovide accompanimentserve as an accompaniment

Derivatives

accompanyaccompanistaccompanyingaccompaniedunaccompanied

Synonyms

backingcomplementsupplementadditionsupport

Commonly confused

accompanist
EN: 'Accompanist' refers to the person who provides musical accompaniment; 'accompaniment' is the music or supporting element itself.
accompany
EN: 'Accompany' is the verb form; 'accompaniment' is the noun denoting the thing that accompanies.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember the double 'c' and the sequence '-pani-' before '-ment'. A common error is writing 'accompanment' (missing the 'i').

💬 Examples

  1. The singer performed the aria with a piano accompaniment.

  2. Rice is a common accompaniment to curry dishes.

  3. The accompaniment of the children to school was his daily routine.

  4. Fever is often an accompaniment of infection.