concert
concert Lexical Profile
concert Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A public musical performance in which several musicians, vocalists, or an orchestra perform live before an audience.
"The symphony orchestra will perform a free outdoor concert in the city park this Saturday."
Agreement, harmony, or unified action toward a shared purpose (most commonly used in the phrase 'in concert').
"Multiple international agencies worked in concert to deliver emergency relief to the region."
• verb
To arrange, plan, or settle something by mutual agreement and coordination.
"The allied diplomats met privately to concert a unified strategy before the summit."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a noun, 'concert' is stressed on the first syllable (CON-cert); as a verb meaning to arrange or plan jointly, it is stressed on the second syllable (con-CERT) and is most frequently encountered in its participial adjective form, 'concerted'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 16th century from French concert, from Italian concerto ('harmony, agreement'), derived from the verb concertare ('to bring into agreement'), ultimately from Latin concertare ('to contend zealously').