instrumentaladjective
uk/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/instrumental adjective (INFLUENCE)
[ after verb ] formal If someone or something is instrumental in a process, plan, or system, that person or thing is one of the most important influences in causing it to happen:
She was instrumental in bringing about the prison reform act.
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Affecting and influencing
- across-the-board
- act
- affect
- applicability
- be/fall under sb's influence/spell idiom
- bear on sth
- cross
- force
- inroad
- inspiration
- jerk
- lead 1
- leave your/its mark on sb/sth idiom
- major league
- reverberate
- thing
- turn sb's head idiom
- unlock
- warp
- work against/for sb
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instrumental adjective (MUSIC)
involving only musical instruments, and no singing:
instrumental music
an instrumental piece/arrangement
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Types of music
- ambient music
- anthemic
- atonal
- backing
- bhangra
- blues
- easy listening
- elegiac
- elevator music
- funk
- gospel
- melodic
- popular music
- raga
- ragga
- Rastafarian
- reggae
- unaccompanied
- unplayable
- world music
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instrumentalnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.təl/us/ˌɪn.strəˈmen.t̬əl/a piece of music without singing
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Types of music
- ambient music
- anthemic
- atonal
- backing
- bhangra
- blues
- easy listening
- elegiac
- elevator music
- funk
- gospel
- melodic
- popular music
- raga
- ragga
- Rastafarian
- reggae
- unaccompanied
- unplayable
- world music
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