{
    "term": "concert",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a public performance of music",
            "sensetop": "in concertat a concertconcert of somethingconcert by somebody/somethingconcert for somebody/something",
            "labels": "(British English)(especially North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **attend/go to a concert**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The orchestra **gave a concert** in Miami in January."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a series of concerts organized by the Oxford Chamber Music Society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a classical/rock/pop concert"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a benefit/charity concert"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They're in concert at Wembley arena.",
                    "contextForm": "in concert"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They also performed at a concert in Rome last month.",
                    "contextForm": "at a concert"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a concert of music by Bach",
                    "contextForm": "concert of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I got dragged along to concerts by bands I hated.",
                    "contextForm": "concert by somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fundraising concert for tsunami victims",
                    "contextForm": "concert for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **concert hall**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a concert pianist/tour/series"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He will be giving his farewell concert as Music Director of the Ulster Orchestra."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She sang at a gala concert to celebrate the music of Stephen Sondheim."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The King attended a gala concert at the Royal Festival Hall."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band is putting on its biggest concert of the year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The orchestra performs its final concert of the season tomorrow."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're organizing a concert for charity."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a concert of military music"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They performed a concert of music by Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We saw Raye in concert at Reading Festival."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "sell-out", "sold-out"],
                "… of concerts": ["series"],
                "verb + concert": ["attend", "go to", "watch"],
                "concert + noun": ["hall", "platform", "venue"],
                "preposition": ["at a/​the concert", "concert of", "concert for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "working together with somebody/something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɒnsət/",
                "audio": "xc/concert/xconcert__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈkɑːnsərt/",
                "audio": "xc/concert/xconcert__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "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."
}