concerted
[kuh n-sur-tid]
- contrived or arranged by agreement; planned or devised together: a concerted effort.
- done or performed together or in cooperation: a concerted attack.
- Music. arranged in parts for several voices or instruments.
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Origin of concerted
Synonyms
See more synonyms for concerted on Thesaurus.com1, 2. united, joint, cooperative.
concert
[noun, adjective kon-surt, -sert; verb kuh n-surt]
- a public musical performance in which a number of singers or instrumentalists, or both, participate.
- a public performance, usually by an individual singer, instrumentalist, or the like; recital: The violinist has given concerts all over the world.
- agreement of two or more individuals in a design or plan; combined action; accord or harmony: His plan was greeted with a concert of abuse.
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- designed or intended for concerts: concert hall.
- performed at concerts: concert music.
- performing or capable of performing at concerts: a concert pianist.
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- to contrive or arrange by agreement: They were able to concert a settlement of their differences.
- to plan; devise: A program of action was concerted at the meeting.
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- to plan or act together.
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- in concert, together; jointly: to act in concert.
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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 + certo certain; Latin concertāre (see concertation) is remote in sense
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Examples from the Web for concerted
Contemporary Examples
The WHO report highlights the extent of suicide globally and the need for concerted and diverse prevention initiatives.
It will also take a concerted effort by Muslim, governmental, and other community leaders working together to counter extremism.
For Live Another Day, did you make a concerted effort to not stoke those fires?
‘24: Live Another Day’ Showrunners on the Finale, the Dangers of Drones, and Jack Bauer’s FutureMarlow Stern
July 15, 2014
Grossman documents how the U.S. military made a concerted and deliberate effort to mold more efficient killers.
Worse, it has made a concerted effort in recent years to drive down wages.
Historical Examples
There is a concerted plan to make us feel we are neither welcome nor wanted.
The Rise of Roscoe PaineJoseph C. Lincoln
Had the thing been concerted it couldn't have fallen out more uniformly.
ScaramoucheRafael Sabatini
But whatever they did, it was by concerted action, after a definite design.
The PrisonerAlice Brown
It was clear that this was a preconceived, concerted 229 movement.
The Web of the Golden SpiderFrederick Orin Bartlett
Ah, thought I, this then is a concerted measure to induce my mother to leave town.
Jack HintonCharles James Lever
concerted
- mutually contrived, planned, or arranged; combined (esp in the phrases concerted action, concerted effort)
- music arranged in parts for a group of singers or players
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concert
- 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
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- to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
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Word Origin
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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Word Origin and History for concerted
concert
n.
1660s, "agreement, accord, harmony," from French concert (16c.), from Italian concerto "concert, harmony," from concertare "bring into agreement," in Latin "to contend, contest, dispute," from com- "with" (see com-) + certare "to contend, strive," frequentative of certus, variant past participle of cernere "separate, decide" (see crisis).
Before the word entered English, meaning shifted from "to strive against" to "to strive alongside." Sense of "public musical performance" is 1680s. But Klein considers this too much of a stretch and suggests Latin concentare "to sing together" (from con- + cantare "to sing") as the source of the Italian word in the musical sense.
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