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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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