CONCERTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does concerted mean? 

• CONCERTED (adjective)
  The adjective CONCERTED has 1 sense:

1. involving the joint activity of two or more

  Familiarity information: CONCERTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCERTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Involving the joint activity of two or more

Synonyms:

concerted; conjunct; conjunctive; cooperative

Context example:

joint military activities

Similar:

joint (united or combined)

 Context examples 

The net effect of second messenger production and activation of intermediate signaling proteins is the concerted regulation of several transcription factors that mediate gene transcription in the B cell.

(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Key among these are the cyclins which are expressed and then degraded in a concerted fashion to drive the stages of the cell cycle.

(Cyclin Regulation of Cell Cycle Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

And while there is a concerted effort to protect endangered species such as pandas, tigers and rhinos, other organisms are being overlooked.

(Nearly Half the Planet's Species Could Be Wiped Out by the End of This Century, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Make a concerted effort to keep your health up to par, especially in the days that surround the full moon eclipse of January 10 in Cancer.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Concerted action was impossible in face of the heavy arsenal of weapons carried in the steerage and cabin.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

He was by no means satisfied with the relation I gave him of the manner I came into his kingdom, but thought it a story concerted between Glumdalclitch and her father, who had taught me a set of words to make me sell at a better price.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)