noun / verb
concert
Agreement or coordination among people or groups.
Local agencies work in concert to keep the river clean.
Etymology
The Italian verb includes arranging or agreeing together. This sense of concert preserves coordinated action, whether people settle a plan or carry it out jointly.
More examples
- The school develops its policy in concert with parents.
- Their efforts succeed because they act in concert.
- The negotiators concerted a plan before meeting with the governor.
Forms
concert · concerts · concerted · concerting
Similar words
- cooperation
- Emphasizes working together rather than agreement on a plan.
- coordination
- Emphasizes organizing actions so they fit together smoothly.
- accord
- Emphasizes shared agreement rather than jointly organized action.