concert
//kənˈsɜːt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- concert
- past (v2)
- concerted
- past participle (v3)
- concerted
- present participle
- concerting
- 3rd person singular
- concerts
- Plural
- concerts
Definitions
1.To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
- It was concerted to begin the siege in March.
- On revealing his suspicions, her replies fully satisfy him on that head, and they concert between them how to watch the young wife, and to discover her secret.
2.To plan; to devise; to arrange.
- The month ends with a fine day; and I have been walking, and visiting Lewis, and concerting where to see Mr. Harley. I have no news to send you.
- Every Government would espouse the common cause. A correspondence would be opened. Plans of resistance would be concerted. One spirit would animate and conduct the whole.
3.To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
- The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.
1.An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action.
2.Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3.A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.
- Who’s playing at the concert on Friday?
- I’m going to the rock concert on Friday.
- I am going for the Travis Scott concert in November.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2729
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare.
Doublet of concerto.