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Meaning of CONCERT

Pronunciation:  [adj]kun'surt, [n]'kunsurt, kun'surt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging
  2. [v]  settle by agreement; "concert one's differences"
  3. [v]  contrive by mutual agreement, as of a plan
 
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 See Also: contrive, design, determine, performance, plan, project, public presentation, rock concert, settle, square off, square up

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \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.
             It was concerted to begin the siege in March. --Bp.
                                                   Burnet.
    2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.
             A commander had more trouble to concert his defense
             before the people than to plan . . . the campaign.
                                                   --Burke.
    
  2. \Con*cert"\, v. i.
    To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
          The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with
          Talbot.                                  --Bp. Burnet
    
  3. \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.
             All these discontents, how ruinous soever, have
             arisen from the want of a due communication and
             concert.                              --Swift.
    2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
             Let us in concert to the season sing. --Cowper.
    3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or
       instruments take part.
             Visit by night your lady's chamber window With some
             sweet concert.                        --Shak.
             And boding screech owls make the concert full.
                                                   --Shak.
    {Concert pitch}. See under {Pitch}.
    
 
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Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Dreaming that you are at a concert, represents harmony and cooperation in a situation or relationship of your waking life. You are experiencing an uplift in your spirits.
 
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