accompaniment has definitions from the fields of music,fine art
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[ noun ] (music,fine art) a subordinate musical part; provides background for more important parts

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

Too many records seem to reduce a work of symphonic complexity to a melody and its accompaniment .

Related terms

part descant vamp support

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

Used in print

(Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)

We must build a corps of highly professional teachers of interior_design who have had education , experience in the profession and are willing to take_on the usual accompaniments of teaching - minimal income and minimal status among their confreres .

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[ noun ] the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them

Synonyms

escort

Related terms

protection convoy company

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