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   concert

   noun

   • 1. a musical performance given in public, typically by several performers or of several compositions: "a pop concert" Similar musical performancemusical entertainmentshowproductionpresentationrecitalprompromenade concertpop concertrock concertinformal:gigjam session
   • ▪ relating to or denoting the performance of music written for opera, ballet, or theatre on its own without the accompanying dramatic action: "the concert version of the fourth interlude from the opera"
   • 2. agreement or harmony: formal "critics' inability to describe with any precision and concert the characteristics of literature"
   • ▪ joint action, especially in the committing of a crime: "they found direct evidence of concert of action"

   verb

   • 1. arrange (something) by mutual agreement or coordination: formal "they started meeting regularly to concert their parliamentary tactics"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘unite’): from French concerter, from Italian concertare ‘harmonize’. The noun use, dating from the early 17th century (in the sense ‘a combination of voices or sounds’), is from French concert, from Italian concerto, from concertare.

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