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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Idioms for concert
in concert, together; jointly: to act in concert.
Origin of concert
1595–1605; (noun) <French <Italian concerto;see concerto; (v.) <French concerter<Italian concertare to organize, arrange by mutual agreement, perhaps parasynthetically from con with + certocertain; Latin concertāre (see concertation) is remote in sense
OTHER WORDS FROM concert
post·con·cert, adjectiveWords nearby concert
conceptus, concern, concerned, concerning, concernment, concert, concertante, concertation, concertato, concerted, Concertgebouw
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British Dictionary definitions for concert
concert
noun (ˈkɒnsɜːt, -sət)
- a performance of music by players or singers that does not involve theatrical stagingCompare recital (def. 1)
- (as modifier)a concert version of an opera
agreement in design, plan, or action
in concert
- acting in a co-ordinated fashion with a common purpose
- (of musicians, esp rock musicians) performing live
verb (kənˈsɜːt)
to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
Word Origin for concert
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
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