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concerted

concerted is the simple past and past participle of concert.

Adjective

concerted (comparative more concerted, superlative most concerted)

  1. Performed through a concert of effort; done by agreement or in combination.
    • Russian missiles have damaged or destroyed much of Ukraine’s power grid since the start of October, a concerted effort to make the winter as painful as possible for the civilian population.December 7 2022, Simon Shuster, “2022 Person of the Year: Volodymyr Zelensky”, in Time, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023
  2. Having separate parts for voices and instruments.

Meaning of concert

Verb

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

  1. (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...
  2. (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...
  3. (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...

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Forms of concerted

comparativemore concerted
superlativemost concerted

Words formed from concerted

Questions about concerted

What does concerted mean?
Concerted means performed through a concert of effort; done by agreement or in combination.
What is concerted the simple past and past participle of?
Concerted is the simple past and past participle of concert.
What part of speech is concerted?
Concerted is an adjective.

Words near concerted in the dictionary

  1. concertation
  2. concertations
  3. concertative
  4. concertato
  5. concertatos
  6. concerted
  7. concertedly
  8. concertedness
  9. concerteth
  10. concertful
  11. concertfuls

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