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Definition of concerted
1a : mutually contrived or agreed on a concerted effort a concerted agreementb : performed in unison concerted artillery fire The slowdown was a concerted action by the workers.
2 : arranged in parts for several voices or instruments The concerted pieces were interspersed with solos.
concertedly
adverbconcertedness
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Examples of concerted in a Sentence
They made a concerted effort to make her feel welcome.
a victory like that results only from the concerted effort of the entire team
Recent Examples of concerted from the Web
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The biggest gain was posted by Elgin police, who have made a concerted effort to come down hard on drunken drivers in the last two years, according to AAIM.
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Then community leaders from Los Angeles made a concerted effort to replace Sacramento, arguing that L.A.’s global profile would create a more visible platform for promoting the virtues of zero emission vehicles.
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As middle-class families build equity in the neighborhood, there's also a concerted effort to keep out lower-income households.
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And yes, designers like Chromat's Becca McCharen have made a concerted effort to offer size diversity in their shows.
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Amazon has made a concerted push to expand into fashion through private labels like Lark & Ro.
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The issue most ripe for concerted action is the updating of the WTO to include new rules governing E-commerce, a vital part of world trade that hardly existed when the WTO rules were negotiated a quarter-century ago.
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Thompson did not have a lot to say about Golden State’s concerted effort to neutralize him.
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It was understood in the years leading up to the Paris negotiation that the climate challenge could be met only with a new kind of agreement premised on concerted effort by all.
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Origin and Etymology of concerted
see 2concert
CONCERTED Defined for English Language Learners
concerted
playDefinition of concerted for English Language Learners
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: done in a planned and deliberate way usually by several or many people
Law Dictionary
concerted
playLegal Definition of concerted
1 : mutually contrived or agreed upon the concerted pursuit of lawful…ends — L. H. Tribe
2 : acting together toward a common end concerted wrongdoers
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