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Concert Music Hall/Pianist Noun Bre ˈkɒnsət ˈkɑːnsərt Bach

Word concert
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ˈkɒnsət / NAmE / ˈkɑːnsərt /
Example
  • a concert of music by bach
  • a classical/rock/pop concert
  • they're in concert at wembley arena.
  • a concert hall/pianist
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concert

(noun)BrE / ˈkɒnsət / NAmE / ˈkɑːnsərt /
  1. a public performance of music
    • a concert of music by Bach
    • a classical/rock/pop concert
    • They're in concert at Wembley Arena.
    • a concert hall/pianist
  2. working together with somebody/something
  3. Extra Examples

    • He will be giving his farewell concert as Music Director of the Ulster Orchestra.
    • She sang at a gala concert to celebrate the music of Stephen Sondheim.
    • The Queen attended a gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall.
    • The band is putting on its biggest concert of the year.
    • The orchestra performs its final concert of the season tomorrow.
    • We’re organizing a concert for charity.
    • a concert of military music
    • They performed a concert of music by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev.
    • We saw Muse in concert at Reading Festival.
    • a concert hall/pianist

    Word Origin

    • late 16th cent. (in the sense ‘unite’): from French concerter, from Italian concertare ‘harmonize’. The noun use, dating from the early 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a combination of voices or sounds’), is from French concert, from Italian concerto, from concertare.
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