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concert
[ noun adjective kon-surt, -sert; verb kuhn-surt ]
noun
- a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- a public performance, usually by an individual singer, instrumentalist, or the like; recital:
The violinist has given concerts all over the world.
- agreement of two or more individuals in a design or plan; combined action; accord or harmony:
His plan was greeted with a concert of abuse.
adjective
- designed or intended for concerts:
concert hall.
- performed at concerts:
concert music.
- performing or capable of performing at concerts:
a concert pianist.
verb (used with object)
- to contrive or arrange by agreement:
They were able to concert a settlement of their differences.
- to plan; devise:
A program of action was concerted at the meeting.
verb (used without object)
- to plan or act together.
concert
noun
- a performance of music by players or singers that does not involve theatrical staging Compare recital
- ( as modifier )
a concert version of an opera
- agreement in design, plan, or action
- in concert
- acting in a co-ordinated fashion with a common purpose
- (of musicians, esp rock musicians) performing live
verb
- to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
Other Word Forms
- Dz·Dzc adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of concert1
Word History and Origins
Origin of concert1
Idioms and Phrases
- in concert, together; jointly:
to act in concert.
Example Sentences
The King and Queen will also be on the Palace balcony to watch a flypast and attend a celebratory concert for the occasion, which marks the end of World War Two in Europe.
And the first year of his Bludfest in Milton Keynes was criticised after long queues and a lack of water caused fans to pass out and miss the concert.
The top orchestras in Berlin, Vienna, New York, Munich and elsewhere play popular concerts in parks, often awaking new audiences to their wares.
Some young composers perform at iconic lakeside venues, others appear in lesser-known spaces worthy of discovery — think a sunrise concert in a hidden villa.
Bain made the announcement in front of fans while performing a solo at a concert in Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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