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
Word origin
C16: 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
concert in American English
(kənˈsɜrt; for n. & adj. ˈkɑnsərt)
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
Idioms:
in concert
Word origin
Fr concerter < It concertare < L, to contend, contest < com-, with + certare, to contend, strive: meanings infl. by consort & L conserere, to join together
The two concert halls are housed in giant concrete shells within the glass curtain above the plaza.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The next big concert hall project should be in the southwest.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
So the capital is getting a new concert hall.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He knew about her plans and knew what had happened at the concert hall.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And in this slightly staged concert performance her singing was as pointed as her body language was brazen.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Second, the concert hall project is far from dead.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
More than twice as many people attend classical concerts as cricket matches, according to figures that show a growing appreciation for orchestral music.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
At the music concert do you always: a) ensure you have front row seats and clap loudest?
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
One of the world's first live concerts by self-taught composers has shed an uncomfortably bright light on the nature of human creativity.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
His mother, who sang in a church choir, hoped he would become a concert pianist and taught him his scales almost before he could talk.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He paid to go to classical concerts.
Jenkins, Roy Truman (1986)
On a certain day it was given a concert performance on the deck of the ship.
Brian Thompson DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004)
There are live concerts three days a week.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We had planned an outdoor concert on the front lawn of the church.
Christianity Today (2000)
What exactly can a rock concert do to save the planet?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Barely a day passed without a concert or theatrical performance of some kind.
Rodney Bolt HISTORY PLAY: The Lives and After-life of Christopher Marlowe (2004)
He should play the instrument and arrange concerts more often.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They ensured that his concert diary was planned three years ahead.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Being the wife of a minister at a party conference is a bit like being a groupie at a rock concert.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
My grandmother was a concert pianist.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
London has a new concert hall.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Especially for a hot concert pianist.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He could play back concert music on the piano after hearing it only once and having had no formal lessons at all.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Don't they hold classical concerts there?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Will it become a form of entertainment, like live concerts by a favourite band?
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
As a concert performance, this has something going for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
As well as concerts, the hall had provided popular education.
Susie Gilbert and Jay Shir A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since1945 (2003)
A groupie is a fan of a rock group who usually follows the group around on concert tours.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now she's returning to the city where she had her first bite of stardom to give a solo concert.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
VIP packages to pop concerts once involved a night at a hotel and a guaranteed seat in the front rows.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The band became instead part of a thriving underground music scene with concerts arranged at short notice in remote venues designed to thwart secret police interference.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They provided a superb concert of music from the shows, popular songs, and the classics.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In their infinite wisdom the Epsom management had constructed a stage right on the running rail for a concert by the group Texas.
The Sun (2011)
Word lists with
concert
Types of entertainment
In other languages
concert
British English: concert /ˈkɒnsət/ NOUN
A concert is a performance of music.
...live rock concerts.
American English: concert
Arabic: حَفْلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: concerto musical
Chinese: 音乐会
Croatian: koncert
Czech: koncert
Danish: koncert
Dutch: concert
European Spanish: concierto función
Finnish: konsertti
French: concert
German: Konzert
Greek: συναυλία
Italian: concerto
Japanese: コンサート
Korean: 음악회
Norwegian: konsert
Polish: koncert
European Portuguese: concerto musical
Romanian: concert
Russian: концертное выступление
Latin American Spanish: concierto
Swedish: konsert
Thai: คอนเสิร์ต
Turkish: konser
Ukrainian: концерт
Vietnamese: buổi hòa nhạc
All related terms of 'concert'
in concert
If a musician or group of musicians appears in concert , they are giving a live performance .
pop concert
a concert of pop music
concert grand
a full-size grand piano , usually around 7 feet in length
concert hall
a hall where concerts are performed
concert party
a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
concert pitch
the frequency of 440 hertz assigned to the A above middle C
benefit concert
a concert to raise money for charity
chamber concert
a concert of chamber music
concert pianist
a person who earns a living from giving solo performances on the piano in front of audiences
concert tuning
the standard tuning for a guitar : E A D G B E
concert overture
a piece of orchestral music containing contrasting sections that is played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio , often containing the main musical themes of the work
concert promoter
an organizer of concerts and concert tours
promenade concert
a concert at which some of the audience stand rather than sit
concert performance
A performance involves entertaining an audience by doing something such as singing , dancing, or acting.
concert grand (piano)
the largest size of grand piano , for concert performance
concertgoer
A concertgoer is someone who goes to concerts regularly.
overture
An overture is a piece of music, often one that is the introduction to an opera or play.