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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024con•cert /ˈkɑnsɜrt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Music and Dancea public performance of music or dancing.
Idioms- Idioms in concert, [uncountable] together;
jointly: to act in concert. See -cert-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024con•cert (n., adj. kon′sûrt, -sərt;v. kən sûrt′),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- Music and Dancea 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. - Idioms in concert, together;
jointly:to act in concert. adj. - Music and Dancedesigned or intended for concerts:concert hall.
- Music and Danceperformed at concerts:concert music.
- Music and Danceperforming or capable of performing at concerts:a concert pianist.
v.t. - 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. v.i. - to plan or act together.
- Italian concertare to organize, arrange by mutual agreement, perh. parasynthetically from con with + certo certain; Latin concertāre (see concertation) is remote in sense
- French concerter
- Italian concerto; see concerto; (verb, verbal)
- French
- (noun, nominal) 1595–1605
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: concert n /ˈkɒnsɜːt; -sət/- a performance of music by players or singers that does not involve theatrical staging
- (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
vb /kənˈsɜːt/- to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
Etymology: 16th Century: from French concerter to bring into agreement, from Italian concertare, from Late Latin concertāre to work together, from Latin: to dispute, debate, from certāre to contend |