concert

verb

1. (transitive)To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

   “It was concerted to begin the siege in March.”

2. (transitive)To plan; to devise; to arrange.

   “The month ends with a fine day; and I have been walking, and visiting Lewis, and concerting where to see Mr. Harley. I have no news to send you.”

   “Furious in their Adverſity, tyrannical in their Succeſſes, a Commander had more trouble to concert his Defence before the People, than to plan the Operations of the Campaign.”

   “Every Government would espouse the common cause. A correspondence would be opened. Plans of resistance would be concerted. One spirit would animate and conduct the whole.”

3. (transitive)To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.

   “The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert the matter with Talbot.”

noun

1. (uncountable)An agreement in a design or plan; a union formed by mutual communication of opinions and views; an accordance in a scheme; harmony; a simultaneous action.

   “The dissimilarity in the ingredients which will compose the National Government, and in still more in the manner in which they will be brought into action in its various branches, must form a powerful obstacle to a concert of views, in any partial scheme of elections.”

   “All we want is concert, to lay aside all party differences and unite with zeal and energy in repelling approaching dangers. Let there be concert of action, and we shall find ample means of security without resorting to secession or disunion.”

2. (uncountable)Musical accordance or harmony; concord.
3. (countable)A musical performance, usually public, in which several performers or instruments take part.

   “I’m going to the rock concert on Friday.”

   “I am going for the Travis Scott concert in November.”

   “Who’s playing at the concert on Friday?”

   “The Beatles’ final live concert took place on 29 August 1966 at Candlestick Park”

   “The concert came off in the evening and was a pronounced success. The little hall was crowded; all the performers did excellently well, but Anne was the bright particular star of the occasion, as even envy, in the shape of Josie Pye, dared not deny.”