concert
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concerto.
Inflected forms:
form: concerts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: concerting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: concerted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: concerted
pos: verb
tags: past
form: concerts
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: It was concerted to begin the siege in March.
gloss: To plan; to devise; to arrange.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
Furious in their Adverſity, tyrannical in their Succeſſes, a Commander had more trouble to concert his Defence before the People, than to plan the Operations of the Campaign.
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.
gloss: To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.
gloss: 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.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
examples: The dissimilarity in the ingredients which will compose the National Government, and in still more in the manner in which they will be brought into action in its various branches, must form a powerful obstacle to a concert of views, in any partial scheme of elections.
All we want is concert, to lay aside all party differences and unite with zeal and energy in repelling approaching dangers. Let there be concert of action, and we shall find ample means of security without resorting to secession or disunion.
gloss: Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.
pos: noun
tags: countable
examples: I’m going to the rock concert on Friday.
I am going for the Travis Scott concert in November.
Who’s playing at the concert on Friday?
The Beatles’ final live concert took place on 29 August 1966 at Candlestick Park
The concert came off in the evening and was a pronounced success. The little hall was crowded; all the performers did excellently well, but Anne was the bright particular star of the occasion, as even envy, in the shape of Josie Pye, dared not deny.
Derived words: cats' concert
concert band
concert bass drum
concertful
concertgoer
concert-goer
concertgoing
concert grand
concert hall
concertion
concertist
concertize
concertless
concertlike
concertmaster
concertmeister
concertmistress
concert party
concert performance
concert pitch
concert room
concert spiritual
concert T-shirt
Dutch concert
headphone concert
house concert
in concert
midconcert
miniconcert
nonconcert
postconcert
preconcert
promenade concert
solo concert
superconcert
Western concert flute
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