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Definition of Concert

1. Noun. A performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging.

2. Verb. Contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement.

3. Verb. Settle by agreement. "Concert one's differences"

Definition of Concert

1. v. t. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

2. v. i. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.

3. n. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.

Definition of Concert

1. Verb. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation. ¹

2. Verb. To plan; to devise; to arrange. ¹

3. Verb. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans. ¹

4. Noun. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action. ¹

5. Noun. Musical accordance or harmony; concord. ¹

6. Noun. A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Concert

1. to plan [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: plan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Concert

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Literary usage of Concert

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The opening of trie Royal Philharmonic Society's 151« season was marked by a concert at the Festival Hall given by the Halle Orchestra, conducted by Sir ..."

2. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1907)
"In June 1837 he gave a farewell concert, at which he sang his own ballad of ' Jenny ... From 1834 to 1848 he was concert music critic to The Morning Post. ..."

3. Chief Contemporary Dramatists, Second Series: Eighteen Plays from the Recent by Thomas Herbert Dickinson (1921)
"It's only this morning that this concert heaves in sight. This morning. ... Or did you ever hear of a concert existing one day that did n't the day before? ..."

4. Mark Twain: The Personal and Literary Life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens by Albert Bigelow Paine (1912)
"concert in aid of the little library. TEAM Gabrilowitsch, pianist. David Bispham, vocalist. Clara Clemens, ditto. Mark Twain, introducer of team. ..."

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