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concert

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CIDE DICTIONARY

concertv. t. [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.].
  •  To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.  [1913 Webster]
    "It was concerted to begin the siege in March."  [1913 Webster]
  •  To plan; to devise; to arrange.  [1913 Webster]
    "A commander had more trouble to concert his defense before the people than to plan . . . the campaign."  [1913 Webster]
concertv. i. 
     To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.  [1913 Webster]
    "The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot."  [1913 Webster]
concertn. [F. concert, It. concerto, conserto, fr. concertare. See Concert, v. t.].
  •  Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.  [1913 Webster]
    "All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Musical accordance or harmony; concord.  [1913 Webster]
    "Let us in concert to the season sing."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.  [1913 Webster]
    "Visit by night your lady's chamber window
    With some sweet concert.
    "  [1913 Webster]
    "And boding screech owls make the concert full."  [1913 Webster]
Concert pitch. See under Pitch.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

concert, n. & v.
--n.
1 a musical performance of usu. several separate compositions.
2 agreement, accordance, harmony.
3 a combination of voices or sounds.
--v.tr. arrange (by mutual agreement or coordination).

Idiom
concert-goer a person who often goes to concerts. concert grand the largest size of grand piano, used for concerts. concert-master esp. US the leading first-violin player in some orchestras. concert overture Mus. a piece like an overture but intended for independent performance. concert performance Mus. a performance (of an opera etc.) without scenery, costumes, or action. concert pitch
1 Mus. the pitch internationally agreed in 1960 whereby the A above middle C = 440 Hz.
2 a state of unusual readiness, efficiency, and keenness (for action etc.).
in concert
1 (often foll. by with) acting jointly and accordantly.
2 (predic.) (of a musician) in a performance.
Etymology
F concert (n.), concerter (v.) f. It. concertare harmonize

THESAURUS

concert

Philharmonic concert, acclamation, accompaniment, accord, accordance, act in concert, act together, affiliate, affinity, agreement, agreement of all, alliance, ally, amalgamate, argue, arrange, assent, associate, association, attune, attunement, band, band concert, band together, be in league, bipartisanship, cahoots, calculate, cast, chamber concert, chime, chiming, chorus, club together, co-working, coact, coaction, coadjuvancy, coadministration, coagency, coalesce, cochairmanship, codirectorship, coherence, coincide, coincidence, collaborate, collaboration, collaborativeness, collectivism, collectivity, collude, collusion, combination, combine, combined effort, commensalism, common assent, common consent, common effort, common enterprise, communalism, communism, communitarianism, community, compatibility, complicity, concentus, concert, concerted action, concomitance, concord, concordance, concourse, concur, concurrence, confederate, confluence, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality, congruence, congruency, congruity, conjunction, consensus, consensus gentium, consensus of opinion, consensus omnium, consent, consentaneity, consilience, consistency, consolidate, consonance, consonancy, consort, conspiracy, conspire, contrive, cooperate, cooperation, cooperativeness, correspondence, cut out, debate, design, devise, diapason, discuss, do business with, dramatico-musical, duet, duumvirate, ecumenicalism, ecumenicism, ecumenism, equivalence, esprit, esprit de corps, euphony, federate, fellow feeling, fellowship, figure, forecast, frame, fuse, general acclamation, general agreement, general consent, general voice, get heads together, get together, go partners, hang together, harmonics, harmonize, harmony, heavy harmony, hold together, homophony, hook up, instrumental, intend, intersection, jazz, jazzy, join, join in, join together, joining of forces, joint effort, joint operation, junction, keep together, lay plans, league, league together, like-mindedness, make a projection, make arrangements, make common cause, mass action, meeting of minds, merge, methodize, monochord, monody, morale, musical performance, musical program, mutual assistance, mutual understanding, mutualism, mutuality, octet, one accord, one voice, oneness, orchestral, organize, overlap, parallelism, parasitism, partner, peace, performance, philharmonic, plan, plan ahead, play ball, pooling, pooling of resources, pop concert, pops, popular concert, prearrange, program, program of music, project, prom, promenade concert, pull together, pulling together, put heads together, quartet, quintet, rapport, rationalize, reciprocate, reciprocity, recital, rock, same mind, saprophytism, schedule, schematize, self-consistency, septet, service of music, set up, settle, sextet, shape, simultaneity, single voice, solidarity, stand together, swing, symbiosis, symmetry, symphonic, symphony, symphony concert, sync, synchronism, synchronization, syncopated, synergism, synergy, systematize, tally, team spirit, team up, teamwork, three-part harmony, throw in together, tie in, tie up, timing, total agreement, trio, triumvirate, troika, tune, unanimity, unanimousness, understanding, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, unite, unite efforts, united action, universal agreement, work out, work together, work up

ROGET THESAURUS

concert

Predetermination

VB predestine, preordain, predetermine, premeditate, resolve, concert, resolve beforehand, predesignate.

Plan

VB plan, scheme, design, frame, contrive, project, forecast, sketch, devise, invent, set one's wits to work, spring a project, fall upon, hit upon, strike out, chalk out, cut out, lay out, map out, lay down a plan, shape out a course, mark out a course, predetermine, concert, preconcert, preestablish, prepare, hatch, hatch a plot concoct, take steps, take measures, cast, recast, systematize, organize, arrange, digest, mature, plot, counter-plot, counter-mine, dig a mine, lay a train, intrigue.

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.

Cooperation

N cooperation, coadjuvancy, coadjutancy, coagency, coefficiency, concert, concurrence, complicity, participation, union, additivity, combination, collusion, association, alliance, colleagueship, joint stock, copartnership, cartel, confederation, coalition, fusion, a long pull a strong pull and a pull all together, logrolling, freemasonry, unanimity, esprit de corps, party spirit, clanship, partisanship, concord, synergy, coaction, cooperating, in cooperation, in league, coadjuvant, coadjutant, dyed in the wool, cooperative, additive, participative, coactive, synergetic, synergistic, favorable to, unopposed, as one, shoulder to shoulder, synergistically, cooperatively, due teste valgono piu che una sola.

VB cooperate, concur, coact, synergize, conduce, combine, unite one's efforts, keep together, draw together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together, pool, stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder, act in concert, join forces, fraternize, cling to one another, conspire, concert, lay one's heads together, confederate, be in league with, collude, understand one another, play into the hands of, hunt in couples, side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with, join partnership, enter into partnership with, rally round, follow the lead of, come to, pass over to, come into the views of, be in the same boat, row in the same boat, sail in the same boat, sail on the same tack, be a party to, lend oneself to, chip in, participate, have a hand in, have a finger in the pie, take part in, bear part in, second, take the part of, play the game of, espouse a cause, espouse a quarrel.

Concurrence

N concurrence, cooperation, coagency, union, agreement, consilience, consent, coincidence, alliance, concert, additivity, synergy, partnership, common cause, concurring, concurrent, in alliance with, banded together, of one mind, at one with, coinciding, with one consent.

Music

N music, concert, strain, tune, air, melody, aria, arietta, piece of music, work, number, opus, sonata, rondo, rondeau, pastorale, cavatina, roulade, fantasia, concerto, overture, symphony, variations, cadenza, cadence, fugue, canon, quodlibet, serenade, notturno, dithyramb, opera, operetta, oratorio, composition, movement, stave, passamezzo, toccata, Vorspiel, instrumental music, full score, minstrelsy, tweedledum and tweedledee, band, orchestra, concerted piece, potpourri, capriccio, vocal music, vocalism, chaunt, chant, psalm, psalmody, hymn, song, canticle, canzonet, cantata, bravura, lay, ballad, ditty, carol, pastoral, recitative, recitativo, solfeggio, Lydian measures, slow music, slow movement, adagio, minuet, siren strains, soft music, lullaby, dump, dirge, pibroch, martial music, march, dance music, waltz, solo, duet, duo, trio, quartet, quartett, septett, part song, descant, glee, madrigal, catch, round, chorus, chorale, antiphon, antiphony, accompaniment, second, bass, score, bourdon, drone, morceau, terzetto, composer, musician, musical, instrumental, vocal, choral, lyric, operatic, harmonious, Wagnerian, adagio, largo, larghetto, andante, andantino, alla capella, maestoso, moderato, allegro, allegretto, spiritoso, vivace, veloce, presto, prestissimo, con brio, capriccioso, scherzo, scherzando, legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando, affettuoso, obbligato, pizzicato, desto, in notes by distance made more sweet, like the faint exquisite music of a dream, music arose with its voluptuous swell, music is the universal language of mankind, music's golden tongue, the speech of angels, will sing the savageness out of a bear, music hath charms to soothe the savage beast.


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