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concert

[ noun adjective kon-surt, -sert; verb kuhn-surt ]

noun

  1. a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
  2. a public performance, usually by an individual singer, instrumentalist, or the like; recital:

    The violinist has given concerts all over the world.

  3. 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

  1. designed or intended for concerts:

    concert hall.

  2. performed at concerts:

    concert music.

  3. performing or capable of performing at concerts:

    a concert pianist.

verb (used with object)

  1. to contrive or arrange by agreement:

    They were able to concert a settlement of their differences.

  2. to plan; devise:

    A program of action was concerted at the meeting.

verb (used without object)

  1. to plan or act together.

concert

noun

    1. a performance of music by players or singers that does not involve theatrical staging Compare recital
    2. ( as modifier )

      a concert version of an opera

  1. agreement in design, plan, or action
  2. in concert
    1. acting in a co-ordinated fashion with a common purpose
    2. (of musicians, esp rock musicians) performing live
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • Dz·Dzc adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of concert1

1595–1605; (noun) < French < Italian concerto; concerto; (v.) < French concerter < Italian concertare to organize, arrange by mutual agreement, perhaps parasynthetically from con with + certo certain; Latin DzԳ ( concertation ) is remote in sense
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Word History and Origins

Origin of concert1

C16: from French concerter to bring into agreement, from Italian concertare, from Late Latin DzԳ to work together, from Latin: to dispute, debate, from to contend
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. in concert, together; jointly:

    to act in concert.

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Example Sentences

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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.

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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.

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The top orchestras in Berlin, Vienna, New York, Munich and elsewhere play popular concerts in parks, often awaking new audiences to their wares.

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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.

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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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