CONCERT

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does concert mean? 

• CONCERT (noun)
  The noun CONCERT has 1 sense:

1. a performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging

  Familiarity information: CONCERT used as a noun is very rare.

• CONCERT (verb)
  The verb CONCERT has 2 senses:

1. contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

2. settle by agreement

  Familiarity information: CONCERT used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCERT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("concert" is a kind of...):

performance; public presentation (a dramatic or musical entertainment)

Domain member category:

dry run; rehearsal (a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "concert"):

rock concert (a performance of rock music)

Derivation:

concertise; concertize (give concerts; perform in concerts)

• CONCERT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "concert" is one way to...):

contrive; design; plan; project (make or work out a plan for; devise)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Settle by agreement

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

concert one's differences

Hypernyms (to "concert" is one way to...):

determine; settle; square off; square up (settle conclusively; come to terms)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

She lives quietly, sings at concerts, drives out at five every day, and returns at seven sharp for dinner. Seldom goes out at other times, except when she sings.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was keyed up to concert pitch, and there was never a moment in the long day when he was not fighting for moments.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The message of the month is not to be in the driver’s seat and work solo, but rather to work in concert with the team.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

I am ready to go with Annie to operas, concerts, exhibitions, all kinds of places; and you shall never find that I am tired.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

I'm glad you like it, for I want you to take me to one of the new concerts some night.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Their first meeting in Milsom Street afforded much to be said, but the concert still more.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Increased activity in these areas occurred in concert with activity in the inferior frontal junction, an area of the prefrontal cortex that controls visual processing areas.

(How the brain pays attention to faces and places, NIH)

Like PPAR-alpha and other members of this gene family, PPAR-gamma activates transcription in concert with coactivators including Src-1 and Tif2.

(Obesity and Thermogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It alone or in concert with other changes, converts the cell into a tumor cell.

(Oncogene, NCI Thesaurus)

The inflammasomes are critical for generating mature proinflammatory cytokines in concert with Toll-like receptor signaling pathway.

(NOD-Like Receptor Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)