| accompaniment | | |
| n. (event) | 1. accompaniment, attendant, co-occurrence, concomitant | an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another. |
| ~ happening, natural event, occurrence, occurrent | an event that happens. |
| ~ associate | any event that usually accompanies or is closely connected with another.; "first was the lightning and then its thunderous associate" |
| ~ background | relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation.; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background" |
| n. (communication) | 2. accompaniment, backup, musical accompaniment, support | a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts. |
| ~ part, voice | the melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.; "he tried to sing the tenor part" |
| ~ descant, discant | a decorative musical accompaniment (often improvised) added above a basic melody. |
| ~ vamp | an improvised musical accompaniment. |
| n. (attribute) | 3. accompaniment, complement | something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish" |
| ~ adjunct | something added to another thing but not an essential part of it. |
| n. (act) | 4. accompaniment, escort | the act of accompanying someone or something in order to protect them. |
| ~ protection | the activity of protecting someone or something.; "the witnesses demanded police protection" |
| ~ convoy | the act of escorting while in transit. |
| accompany | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. accompany, attach to, come with, go with | be present or associated with an event or entity.; "French fries come with the hamburger"; "heart attacks are accompanied by distruction of heart tissue"; "fish usually goes with white wine"; "this kind of vein accompanies certain arteries" |
| ~ co-occur with, collocate with, construe with, cooccur with, go with | go or occur together.; "The word 'hot' tends to cooccur with 'cold'" |
| ~ attend | to accompany as a circumstance or follow as a result.; "Menuhin's playing was attended by a 15-minute standing ovation" |
| ~ rule | have an affinity with; of signs of the zodiac. |
| v. (motion) | 2. accompany | go or travel along with.; "The nurse accompanied the old lady everywhere" |
| ~ go, locomote, move, travel | change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically.; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast" |
| ~ walk | accompany or escort.; "I'll walk you to your car" |
| ~ consort, run | keep company.; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" |
| ~ escort | accompany as an escort.; "She asked her older brother to escort her to the ball" |
| ~ escort, see | accompany or escort.; "I'll see you to the door" |
| ~ tag along | go along with, often uninvited.; "my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends" |
| v. (creation) | 3. accompany, follow, play along | perform an accompaniment to.; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" |
| ~ music | musical activity (singing or whistling etc.).; "his music was his central interest" |
| ~ play | play on an instrument.; "The band played all night long" |
| v. (stative) | 4. accompany, companion, company, keep company | be a companion to somebody. |
| ~ affiliate, assort, consort, associate | keep company with; hang out with.; "He associates with strange people"; "She affiliates with her colleagues" |
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