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IN CONCERT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does in concert mean? 

IN CONCERT (adverb)
  The adverb IN CONCERT has 1 sense:

1. with a common planplay

  Familiarity information: IN CONCERT used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IN CONCERT (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

With a common plan

Synonyms:

in concert; together

Context example:

act in concert


 Context examples 


GRKs attenuate GPCR signaling in concert with arrestins, proteins that bind GRK-phosphorylated GPCRs to disrupt interaction with G-protein and to terminate signaling.

(Attenuation of GPCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

These proteins, stress hormone receptors known as the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR), act in concert to help support heart health.

(Healthy hearts need two proteins working together, National Institutes of Health)

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)

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

(Oncogene, NCI Thesaurus)

Stimulation by LPS causes the accumulation of beta-catenin in the nucleus and the activation of genes in concert with the transcription factor LEF1.

(Beta-Catenin Accumulation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

I'd give anything to hear them in concert, and I'd give even a bit more not to hear them when the orchestra is playing.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When IL-33 reaches the gut, it works in concert with IL-25, a protein secreted by cells in the lining of the intestine, to activate type 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s).

(Scratching the skin primes the gut for allergic reactions to food, mouse study suggests, National Institutes of Health)

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)

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)

Without previously communicating with me, he had, in concert with Elizabeth, arranged that Clerval should join me at Strasburgh.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)



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