concert
Definitions
noun
- a performance of music by players or singers that does not involve theatrical staging Compare recital (sense 1)
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a concert version of an opera
- agreement in design, plan, or action
- See in concert
verb
- to arrange or contrive (a plan) by mutual agreement
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 contendSynonyms
View thesaurus entryTranslations
- British English:
concert
A concert is a performance of music....live rock concerts.ˈkɒnsət NOUN ...live rock concerts. - Spanish:
concierto
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- French:
concert
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- German:
Konzert
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- Chinese: 音乐会 n
- Arabic: حَفْلَة مُوسِيقِيَّة n
- Portuguese: concerto musical nm
- Russian: концерт nm
- Croatian: koncert nm
- Czech: koncert nm
- Danish: koncert nutr
- Dutch: concert nnt
- Finnish: konsertti n
- Greek: συναυλία nf
- Italian: accordo nm
- Japanese: コンサート n
- Korean: 음악회 n
- Norwegian: konsert nm
- Polish: koncert nm
- Brazilian Portuguese: concerto musical nm
- European Spanish:
concierto
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- Swedish: konsert nutr
- Thai: คอนเสริต n
- Turkish: konser n
- Vietnamese: buổi hòa nhạc n
Usage examples
The talk starts at exactly eight of the clock, at the concert hall in York Buildings.
, THE RIVAL QUEENS: A Countess Ashby de la Zouche Mystery (2002)Piers Martin LINKIN PARK singer CHESTER BENNINGTON is to rejoin his old band for a charity concert next month.
NME (New Musical Express) (2002)Criticising his concert for its music content is like panning a blue movie for its dialogue - it's not what people came for.
Irish Times (2002)SCOTTISH concert audiences are in for a tough time next season.
Glasgow Herald (2001)In London's Royal Festival Hall in 1968 Raimondi sang Alfonso in a concert performance of Lucrezia Borgia with Montserrat Caball.
, A TALE OF FOUR HOUSES: Opera at Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna and the Met since 1945 (2003)