- [countable, uncountable] accompaniment (to something) music that is played to support singing or another instrument
- traditional songs with piano accompaniment
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- instrumental
- musical
- orchestral
- …
- provide
- to the accompaniment of
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- [countable] something that you eat, drink or use together with something else
- accompaniment to something The wine makes a good accompaniment to fish dishes.
- accompaniment for something These wines also make a good accompaniment for vegetarian dishes.
- as an accompaniment (to something) Serve plain rice as an accompaniment.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- essential
- ideal
- perfect
- …
- be
- make
- to the accompaniment of
- with the accompaniment of
- accompaniment for
- …
- [countable] (formal) something that happens or exists at the same time as another thing
- The sun was back, with its accompaniment of dust and flies.
- the market, with its inevitable accompaniment of bustle and noise
- accompaniment to something High blood pressure is a common accompaniment to this disease.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- essential
- ideal
- perfect
- …
- be
- make
- to the accompaniment of
- with the accompaniment of
- accompaniment for
- …
Word Originearly 18th cent.: from French accompagnement, from accompagner ‘accompany’.
Idioms
See accompaniment in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryto the accompaniment of something
- while a musical instrument is being played
- They performed to the accompaniment of guitars.
- She sang to the accompaniment of a guitar.
- while something else is happening
- She made her speech to the accompaniment of loud laughter.
- The women's medical school opened in 1874, to the accompaniment of much ridicule of ‘lady doctors’.
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