concert

/kənˈsɜːt/US/kənˈsɝt/

concert verb: to plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

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Verb

concert (third-person singular simple present concerts, present participle concerting, simple past and past participle concerted)

(transitive) To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
- It was concerted to begin the siege in March.a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published...
- On revealing his suspicions, her replies fully satisfy him on that head, and they concert between them how to watch the young wife, and to discover her secret.1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume II, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 209
(transitive) To plan; to devise; to arrange.
- The month ends with a fine day; and I have been walking, and visiting Lewis, and concerting where to see Mr. Harley. I have no news to send you.1710 October 29 (date written; Gregorian calendar), Jonathan Swift, “[Dr. Swift’s Journal to Stella.] Letter VII.”, in Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, editors, The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...
- Furious in their Adverſity, tyrannical in their Succeſſes, a Commander had more trouble to concert his Defence before the People, than to plan the Operations of the Campaign.1756, [Edmund Burke], A Vindication of Natural Society: Or, A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind from Every Species of Artificial Society. […], London: […] M. Cooper […], →OCLC, page 56
(transitive) To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
- The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.a. 1716 (date written), [Gilbert] Burnet, edited by [Gilbert Burnet Jr.], Bishop Burnet’s History of His Own Time. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Thomas Ward […], published...

Noun

concert (countable and uncountable, plural concerts)

(uncountable) An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action.
- The dissimilarity in the ingredients which will compose the National Government, and in still more in the manner in which they will be brought into action in its various branches, must form a powerful obstacle to a concert of views, in any partial scheme of elections.1788, Publius [pseudonym; Alexander Hamilton], “Number LIX”, in The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, […] , volume II, New York, N.Y.: […] J. and A....
- All we want is concert, to lay aside all party differences and unite with zeal and energy in repelling approaching dangers. Let there be concert of action, and we shall find ample means of security without resorting to secession or disunion.1837, John C. Calhoun, Slavery a Positive Good
(uncountable) Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
(countable) A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.
- I’m going to the rock concert on Friday.
- I am going for the Travis Scott concert in November.
Synonyms:

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concert meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

concert in Hindi

a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part: कॉन्सर्ट kŏnsarṭ, संगीत कार्यक्रम saṅgīt kāryakram

concert in Tamil

கச்சேரி, இசை நிகழ்ச்சி, கலை நிகழ்ச்சி

concert in Marathi

concert: मैफल maiphal

concert in Urdu

a musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part: کونْسَرْٹ konsarṭ, کَونْسَرْٹ kaunsarṭ

More languagesFewer languages

concert in Bengali: সঙ্গীতানুষ্ঠান śoṅgitanuśṭhan
concert in Telugu: కచేరి kacēri
concert in Malayalam: കച്ചേരി kaccēri
concert in Kannada: ಮೇಳ mēḷa
concert in Gujarati: કોન્સર્ટિંગ
concert in Nepali: कन्सर्टिङ, कन्सर्टिङ्ग, कन्सर्टिङ्
concert in Pashto: کانسرټ kānsarṭ
concert in Arabic: حَفْلَة ḥafla, عَزْف ʕazf, حَفْلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة
concert in Malay: konsert
concert in Indonesian: konser
concert in Thai: คอนเสิร์ต kɔɔn-sə̀ət
concert in Vietnamese: buổi hoà nhạc, hoà tấu
concert in Myanmar: စတိတ်ရှိုး ca.tithrui:, ဖျော်ဖြေပွဲ hpyauhpre-pwai:

Examples of concert in a sentence

Who’s playing at the concert on Friday?
The Beatles’ final live concert took place on 29 August 1966 at Candlestick Park
The concert came off in the evening and was a pronounced success.1908 June, L[ucy] M[aud] Montgomery, “Matthew Insists on Puffed Sleeves”, in Anne of Green Gables, Boston, Mass.: L[ouis] C[oues] Page &...

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Synonyms of concert

Forms of concert

Verb
third-person singular present	concerts
present participle	concerting
past participle	concerted
past	concerted
Noun
plural	concerts

Past tense of concert: concerted

Plural of concert: concerts

Origin of concert

Borrowed from French concert, from Italian concerto, deverbal from concertare. Doublet of concerto.

Words formed from concert

Phrases with concert

Words that rhyme with concert

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Questions about concert

What does concert mean?: Concert means to plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.
What is concert in Hindi?: Concert in Hindi is कॉन्सर्ट (kŏnsarṭ), संगीत कार्यक्रम (saṅgīt kāryakram). See Concert meaning in Hindi.
How do you use concert in a sentence?: Who’s playing at the concert on Friday?
What part of speech is concert?: Concert can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce concert?: Concert is pronounced /kənˈsɜːt/ (UK).
What is the past tense of concert?: The past tense of concert is concerted.

Words near concert in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: concert (page history and authors); concert (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मैफल (Marathi) (page history and authors); కచేరి (Telugu) (page history and authors); ಮೇಳ (Kannada) (page history and authors); concert (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); concert (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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