Antonyms for concert

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun, adjective kon-surt, -sert; verb kuh n-surt

Phonetic Transcription : noun, adjective ˈkɒn sɜrt, -sərt; verb kənˈsɜrt

Definition of concert

Origin : 1660s, "agreement, accord, harmony," from French concert (16c.), from Italian concerto "concert, harmony," from concertare "bring into agreement," in Latin "to contend, contest, dispute," from com- "with" (see com-) + certare "to contend, strive," frequentative of certus, variant past participle of cernere "separate, decide" (see crisis).
Before the word entered English, meaning shifted from "to strive against" to "to strive alongside." Sense of "public musical performance" is 1680s. But Klein considers this too much of a stretch and suggests Latin concentare "to sing together" (from con- + cantare "to sing") as the source of the Italian word in the musical sense.

noun musical performance
noun agreement, harmony

Example sentences :

After coffee we were ushered into the drawing-room, and listened to a concert.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

It was simply a concert of howling monkeys that had so terrified me!
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

The only mitigating feature of the business was that the matter to be reported was only a concert.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

And it would not do to let them have a wrong impression about the concert.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

He could imagine the talk there would be in Ballyards about his criticism of the concert.
Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine

"This ain't the concert," he replied, much as if she had proposed going to the polls.
Extract from : « Meadow Grass » by Alice Brown

This concert in the silent square made the most prodigious effect.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Again they all laughed in concert; and again Mr Pecksniff laughed especially.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

When everything was prepared for the second concert there came a bolt from the blue.
Extract from : « In a Steamer Chair and Other Stories » by Robert Barr

But adulation, flunkeyism, concert, covered the spark with dirt and mud.
Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski

Synonyms for concert

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