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noun

ˈkän(t)-sərt How to pronounce concert (audio)
Definition of concertnext
as in performance
an entertainment featuring singing or the playing of musical instruments during the summer various groups give concerts on the town green

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verb

kən-ˈsərt How to pronounce concert (audio)
1
as in to arrange
to bring about through discussion and compromise warned that the rain forests are in danger of extinction unless the world's industrial powers concert a plan to prevent such an occurrence

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2
as in to collaborate
to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end the governor is eager to concert with the federal authorities on this matter

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Recent Examples of concert
Noun
Gladys Knight is scaling back her live performance schedule as recent concerts have prompted concern among some fans and people working on her tour about whether the Motown legend should remain on the road. — Sameen Chaudhry, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026 As a result, the concert featured no acoustic sets, no power ballads, no reason for anybody to sit down. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
There have been flickers, little moments of inspiration, but nothing concerted. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 18 July 2026 Plus, don't wait too long to snag tickets for the John Mellencamp and Benson Boone concerts. — Caroline Ritzie, Cincinnati Enquirer, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for concert
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concert
  1. performance
  2. arrange
  3. collaborate
  4. festival
  5. negotiate
  6. cooperate
  7. musicale
  8. conclude
Noun
  • The focus on metrics also highlights the challenges of measuring the performance of large language models using standardized benchmark tests and concerns that the specs are prone to manipulation and gamesmanship.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Researchers also need to determine whether damage can recover without compromising superconducting performance.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of performance
Verb
  • The case turned into a years-long legal saga, with multiple people convicted of their roles in arranging the hit, including Wendi’s brother, Charlie Adelson, and her mother, Donna.
    — Jordana Comiter, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Britain’s populist Reform UK said two senior aides to leader Nigel Farage stepped down on Friday after an undercover investigation alleged the party had broken electoral law by arranging for a foreign donor to pay for political polling.
    — NBC news, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of arrange
Verb
  • Ramya collaborated with Lotus Bloom and her friend Sandy Gill to customize a Papa Don’t Preach lehenga.
    — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The pair collaborated on the track for the band’s third studio album Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night, and last performed it together in 2020 during a live performance recorded on the rooftop of Electric Lady Studios in New York City.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of collaborate
Noun
  • The girl group had to bow out of Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival August 27 after Megan Skiendiel sprained her ankle.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The one-day festival, which raised $10 million for nonprofits supporting women and girls, arrives just weeks before Rodrigo launches her Unraveled Tour.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of festival
Verb
  • As Kroenke and Moreno negotiated a sale, change was already underway.
    — Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Ironically, the aesthetic language of the old colonial overlords helped negotiate between conflicting sensitivities and aspirations.
    — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of negotiate
Verb
  • The scandal surrounding the prosecution was heightened by his father’s attempt to stop his relatives from cooperating with authorities.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Farm Adventures is based in Iredell County and books events in surrounding communities, and officials say the owner has been cooperating with the investigation.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooperate
Noun
  • Two new compact disks, both of them more or less perfect and charming, evoke the ambience of the Proustian musicale.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The concert itself felt both intimate and grand — like a musicale staged in a living room with 2,364 vacant red seats.
    — Washington Post, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2020
Definition of musicale
Verb
  • Still, several financial analysts have concluded that the prediction frenzy, with its sleek mobile apps and easy-to-understand odds, are driving the stock drops.
    — Marshall Cohen, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026
  • An autonomous attacker does not care what an organization's SPRS score says, whether its dashboard is green or whether an assessment concluded that a control was implemented.
    — Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
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