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.
Idioms for concert
in concert, together; jointly: to act in concert.
Origin of concert
1595–1605; (noun) <French <Italian concerto;see concerto; (v.) <French concerter<Italian concertare to organize, arrange by mutual agreement, perhaps parasynthetically from con with + certocertain; Latin concertāre (see concertation) is remote in sense
Wave specializes in creating live, immersive virtual concerts.
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But Cocker proved to be a survivor, bringing his passionate persona to concert halls around the world decade after decade.
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But Winter is dead, Clapton is tired of life on the road, and King unreliable in concert.
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She died in 1978—just before Pryor recorded Live in Concert.
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Later, she said he invited her to see The Temptations in concert and check out his Vegas stand-up show.
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So far, however, I have only been to one concert, and that was a sacred concert.
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Only two published notices of this concert are in existence at Klin.
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Of course they were both singers, giving recitals together, like the Henschels, and appearing in concert and oratorio.
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He also defrayed the expenses of the Wagner concert at Zurich, a little item of nine thousand francs.
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British Dictionary definitions for concert
concert
noun (ˈkɒnsɜːt, -sət)
a performance of music by players or singers that does not involve theatrical stagingCompare recital (def. 1)
(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 (kənˈsɜːt)
to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
Word Origin for concert
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