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ACCOMPANIMENT

\ɐkˈʌmpɐnˌɪmənt], \ɐkˈʌmpɐnˌɪmənt], \ɐ_k_ˈʌ_m_p_ɐ_n_ˌɪ_m_ə_n_t]\

Definitions of ACCOMPANIMENT

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
A part performed by instruments, accompanying another part or parts performed by voices; the subordinate part, or parts, accompanying the voice or a principal instrument; also, the harmony of a figured bass.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

That which goes with; something which is added to the principal thing by way of ornament, or for the sake of harmony; as, a violin accompaniment to a solo.
Accompanist.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

Accompanist.
Anything that accompanies.
A subordinate part, voice, or instrument.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

That which accompanies: instrumental music along with a song.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added by way of ornament to the principal thing, or for the sake of symmetry. The instruments which accompany the voice. Dogs, guns, and game in a hunting piece.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

Something that attends or is added by way of ornament or improvement.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

That which is joined to any thing. Accompaniment to the cataract, is a whitish, viscid substance, which sometimes surrounds the opake crystalline lens, and remains after the operation for cataract, causing a secondary cataract.

1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
By Robley Dunglison

n. That which accompanies ; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added by way of ornament to the principal thing, or for the sake of symmetry ; a part performed by instruments accompanying another part or parts performed by voices.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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