concerted
Americanadjective
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contrived or arranged by agreement; planned or devised together.
a concerted effort.
- Synonyms:
- cooperative, joint, united
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done or performed together or in cooperation.
a concerted attack.
- Synonyms:
- cooperative, joint, united
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Music. arranged in parts for several voices or instruments.
adjective
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mutually contrived, planned, or arranged; combined (esp in the phrases concerted action, concerted effort )
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music arranged in parts for a group of singers or players
Other Word Forms
- concertedly adverb
- concertedness noun
- unconcerted adjective
- unconcertedly adverb
- well-concerted adjective
Etymology
Origin of concerted
Example Sentences
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While there haven’t been concerted attacks on energy infrastructure so far, tanker-tracking firms say many companies have avoided traversing the narrow shipping route out of caution.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026
Mayor Zohran Mamdani was forced by this nor’easter to make an even more concerted push this week, expanding their ranks and even bumping up their pay, as of Monday, from $19 an hour to $30.
From Slate • Feb. 24, 2026
Sunjit Kang, 40, who was the head of ICT and Business at The Grangefield Academy in Stockton-on-Tees, was found to have made a "concerted effort to falsify grades and examination performance" in about October 2023.
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2026
He has faced a concerted challenge from singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine, 43, who styles himself the "ghetto president", after his stronghold in a slum where he grew up in the capital, Kampala.
From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026
“All strength is born of association,” wrote Beaumont, “and 30 individuals united through perpetual communication, by ideas, by plans in common, by concerted schemes, have more real power than 900 whose isolation makes them weak.”
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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