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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
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- post·concert adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of concert1
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Origin of concert1
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Idioms and Phrases
- in concert, together; jointly:
to act in concert.
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Example Sentences
But Cocker proved to be a survivor, bringing his passionate persona to concert halls around the world decade after decade.
But Winter is dead, Clapton is tired of life on the road, and King unreliable in concert.
She died in 1978—just before Pryor recorded Live in Concert.
The sounds are less mechanical and more lush, more concert hall than dance floor.
Later, she said he invited her to see The Temptations in concert and check out his Vegas stand-up show.
Frulein Fichtner was the young lady who was going to play his concerto in A major at the concert that evening.
I played him my Rubinstein concerto two weeks ago and told him I wanted to play it in a concert.
I give up Kullak and my concert plan, thinking I'll study with Deppe and come out under his auspices.
Deppe believes that one must go through successive steps of preparation before one is fitted to attack the great concert works.
Two nice American girls, sisters, from the West, came on from Berlin on purpose for my concert.
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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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