concert

Definition of Concert in English :

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Noun

1. concert

a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging

Verb

2. concert

contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

3. concert

settle by agreement

Example Sentences:
'concert one's differences'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Concert

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noun (ˈkɒnsɜːt , -sət)

1.

a.

a performance of music by players or singers that does not involve theatrical staging

Compare recital (sense 1)

b.

(as modifier)

a concert version of an opera

2.

agreement in design, plan, or action

3. in concert

verb (kənˈsɜːt )

4.

to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

Concert

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verb transitive, verb intransitive

1.

to arrange or settle by mutual understanding; contrive or plan together; devise

noun

2.

mutual agreement; concord; harmony of action

3.

musical consonance

4.

a program of vocal or instrumental music, usually one in which a number of musicians perform together

adjective

5.

of or for concerts

Concert

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n.

1. Music A performance given by one or more singers or instrumentalists or both in the presence of an audience.

2.

a. Unity achieved by mutual communication of views, ideas, and opinions: acted in concert on the issue.

b. Archaic Agreement in purpose, feeling, or action: “His looks bespoke a mind absorbed in meditation on his country's fate; but a positive concert between him and Henry could not more effectually have exhibited him to view than when Henry with indignation ridiculed the idea of peace” (George Morgan).

c. Archaic Concerted action: “One feels between them an accumulation of gentleness and strength, a concert of energies” (Vanity Fair).

v. (kən-sûrt) con·cert·ed, con·cert·ing, con·certs

v. tr.

1. To plan or arrange by mutual agreement: “Finally the allies were able to concert their actions long enough to defeat Napoleon” (Jennifer Mitzen).

2. To adjust; settle: “Unless we concert measures to prevent it, there will be another and a final war” (Woodrow Wilson).

v. intr.

To act together in harmony: “The object of desire, concerting with the existing order, turns into a token of love, revolting against the existing order” (Lilian Munk Rösing).

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