# concerted

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-SURT-id" US /kənˈsɝtɪd/, UK /kənˈsɜːtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Carried out jointly by people who have agreed to act together as a combined effort.
   - Simple: Done by people working together in a planned way.
   - _Health officials launched a concerted campaign to curb the outbreak._
   - _The rescue required a concerted response from several agencies._
3. Composed with separate, independent parts for voices and instruments.
   - Simple: Written with different parts for voices and instruments.
   - _The composer scored a concerted motet for two choirs and a string ensemble._
   - _Baroque chapels favored concerted settings that played voices against instrumental groups._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of concert. — simple past and past participle of concert
   - Simple: Simple past tense and past participle of concert. Use this form for planning done together that already happened.
   - _The two governments concerted their efforts to fight smuggling._
   - _Having concerted their strategy, the partners moved quickly._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/concerted (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).