concert

[ noun adjective kon-surt, -sert; verb kuhn-surt ]

noun

1. a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
2. a public performance, usually by an individual singer, instrumentalist, or the like; recital:

   The violinist has given concerts all over the world.

3. agreement of two or more individuals in a design or plan; combined action; accord or harmony:

   His plan was greeted with a concert of abuse.

adjective

1. designed or intended for concerts:

   concert hall.

2. performed at concerts:

   concert music.

3. performing or capable of performing at concerts:

   a concert pianist.

verb (used with object)

1. to contrive or arrange by agreement:

   They were able to concert a settlement of their differences.

2. to plan; devise:

   A program of action was concerted at the meeting.

verb (used without object)

1. to plan or act together.

concert

noun

1. 1. a performance of music by players or singers that does not involve theatrical staging Compare recital
   2. ( as modifier )

      a concert version of an opera

2. agreement in design, plan, or action
3. in concert
   1. acting in a co-ordinated fashion with a common purpose
   2. (of musicians, esp rock musicians) performing live

verb

1. to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

Other Words From

• post·concert adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of concert¹

1595–1605; (noun) < French < Italian concerto; concerto; (v.) < French concerter < Italian concertare to organize, arrange by mutual agreement, perhaps parasynthetically from con with + certo certain; Latin concertāre ( concertation ) is remote in sense

Word History and Origins

Origin of concert¹

C16: from French concerter to bring into agreement, from Italian concertare, from Late Latin concertāre to work together, from Latin: to dispute, debate, from certāre to contend

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in concert, together; jointly:

   to act in concert.

Example Sentences

According to concert promoter Live Nation, the 2024 arena run was “met with incredible demand,” prompting the addition of shows in Paris and Dallas and two in São Paulo.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s something very U2 about a concert film that you can see only in the place where the concert happened.

From Los Angeles Times

I don’t see it as a threat — no more of a threat than any concert film.

From Los Angeles Times

Yoakam contacted Steele after watching him perform at a benefit concert in October 2018, when the long-shuttered Palomino Club in North Hollywood briefly reopened to raise money for the Valley Relics Museum.

From Los Angeles Times

A Jacobean mansion and a concert venue in a Baroque church are among 26 sites across London to be added to Historic England's at-risk register.

From BBC

Related Words

• gig
• musical
• recital
• show