instrumental

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1. instrumental - Noun

2. instrumental - Adjective

3. instrumental - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Acting as an instrument; serving as a means; contributing to promote; conductive; helpful; serviceable; as, he was instrumental in conducting the business.

Pertaining to, made by, or prepared for, an instrument, esp. a musical instrument; as, instrumental music, distinguished from vocal music.

Applied to a case expressing means or agency; as, the instrumental case. This is found in Sanskrit as a separate case, but in Greek it was merged into the dative, and in Latin into the ablative. In Old English it was a separate case, but has disappeared, leaving only a few anomalous forms.

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instrumental in solving the crime Source: Internet

instrumental compositions Source: Internet

an instrumental ensemble Source: Internet

18th Century Prior to the 18th century, the symphony and the overture were almost interchangeable, with overtures being extracted from operas to serve as stand alone instrumental works, and symphonies were tagged to the front of operas as overtures. Source: Internet

1975–79: Another Look at Harmony: The Portrait Trilogy infobox Glass continued his work with a series of instrumental works, called Another Look at Harmony (1975–1977). Source: Internet

“A big part of it is because Stacey Abrams was so instrumental in establishing Fair Fight,” Ms. Milan said. Source: Internet

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