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in concert

in concert

20 4.1
Working with others toward the same goal
  • idiom
translation icon : conjuntamente
  • As part of institutional long-range planning, administrators and faculty should develop strategies in concert for selecting new faculty.
  • act in concert
  • work in concert
  • nations acted in concert

And these two tools working in concert are referred to by firefighters simply as the irons.

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Examples

  • However, working in concert with a church community to deliver the program had its challenges.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Sheriff's Department investigators worked in concert with Reno homicide detectives for several hours, piecing together the evidence trail that led to the brisk apprehension of Wadenah.

  • All this wonderful oil people got together and they were going to cut production in concert to support prices.

  • We initially developed one person of interest, not knowing if that individual was working alone or in concert with others.

  • But the two personality types working in concert is really what ends up giving you the good result.

  • People with the same interest can act in concert with minimal communication.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Labor demands grew in concert with the changes, even though the total coffee area actually decreased slightly.

    Academic text (1999)
  • I assigned a team of five operatives to work in concert on the mission.

  • The standards of practice are designed to transition teaching and learning in concert with building collaborative physical and virtual learning environments.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The scientists worked in concert to solve the environmental crisis, pooling their expertise and resources.

Synonyms

together
vsin concert
1.0

With other people to do something as a group

emphasizes shared agreement and organized coordination before acting
collectively
vsin concert
91 3.6

All act together as a group

is more about agreement and coordinated planning not just group existence
on the same page
vsin concert
79 3.4

Having the same view about a plan or goal

involves shared understanding plus coordinated action toward the same goal
jointly
vsin concert
39 3.5

Together with other people or groups to do something

emphasizes cooperative planning and agreement rather than mere shared responsibility
in tandem
vsin concert
12 3.5

Work together in a coordinated way

is broader including agreement and cooperation beyond just paired coordination
cooperatively
vsin concert
7 3.3

By working together to reach a common goal

focuses more on agreement and coordinated action toward the same goal
collaboratively
vsin concert
7 4.2

In a way that people work together to reach the same goal

stresses coordinated agreement and acting in planned unison toward shared aims
cohesively
vsin concert
1 4.3

In a way that makes people or parts act as one

focuses on active cooperation and coordinated action toward a common goal
concertedly
vsin concert
1 6.2

Together with other people in a planned way

covers cooperation and agreement more generally not only coordinated timing
unitedly
vsin concert
4.7

People work together and help each other

focuses on coordinated action toward a goal rather than mere mutual feeling
coordinately
vsin concert
5.5

In an organized way where people or things work together

adds the idea of mutual agreement and common purpose beyond simple orderliness

Antonyms

121 2.9

Without help from other people

15 3.4

Being against another person or group

How Cooperative

unison
265 2.8
in concert
20 4.1
together
1.0
independently
121 2.9
alone
1.0

Surface Forms

in concert positive

Morphology

in + concert

The phrase 'in concert' can be parsed as 'in' (in a state or condition) + 'concert' (harmony/coordination), so the meaning 'acting together' is derivable from the constituent meanings if the learner recognizes the non-musical sense of 'concert'. However, that non-musical sense (or the verb sense 'to concert' = coordinate) is less frequent and many B1 learners know only the musical meaning, so the connection is partially predictable but not fully transparent without prior exposure.

Etymology

In concert comes from music. In a concert, musicians play at the same time and follow the same rhythm, so to act in concert means to work or agree 'together'.