Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging;
VERB (2)
1.
contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement;
2.
settle by agreement;
- Example: "concert one's differences"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concert \Con*cert"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concerted; p. pr. &
vb. n. Concerting.] [F. concerter, It. concertare,
conertare, prob. from L. consertus, p. p. of conserere to
join together; con- + serere to join together, influenced by
concertare to contend; con- + centare to strive; properly, to
try to decide; fr. cernere to distinguish. See Series, and
cf. Concern.]
1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference,
agreement, or consultation.
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It was concerted to begin the siege in March. --Bp.
Burnet.
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2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.
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A commander had more trouble to concert his defense
before the people than to plan . . . the campaign.
--Burke.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concert \Con*cert"\, v. i.
To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
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The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with
Talbot. --Bp. Burnet
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Concert \Con"cert\ (k[o^]n"s[~e]rt), n. [F. concert, It.
concerto, conserto, fr. concertare. See Concert, v. t.]
1. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual
communication of opinions and views; accordance in a
scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.
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All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have
arisen from the want of a due communication and
concert. --Swift.
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2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
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Let us in concert to the season sing. --Cowper.
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3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or
instruments take part.
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Visit by night your lady's chamber window
With some sweet concert. --Shak.
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And boding screech owls make the concert full.
--Shak.
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Concert pitch. See under Pitch.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
concert
n 1: a performance of music by players or singers not involving
theatrical staging
v 1: contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
2: settle by agreement; "concert one's differences"