Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To agree on, settle, or arrange in advance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To concert or arrange beforehand; constitute in advance.
- noun Previous arrangement; preconcerted action or agreement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Something concerted or arranged beforehand; a previous agreement.
- transitive verb To concert or arrange beforehand; to settle by previous agreement.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Occurring before or in preparation for a
concert - noun Something
concerted orarranged beforehand ; aprevious agreement .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At a preconcert press conference, he clambered onto the stage and snapped the four men from the back, their silhouettes etched in light.
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He has presented his corrections—prepublication—to the New York Philharmonic; New York audiences will be the first to hear the corrected score performed and to attend a preconcert talk by Mr. Orenstein on Jan. 4.
Four Lost Measures Found Anne S. Lewis 2011
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Will the squealing teenage girls, the ones who profess unending love during preconcert interviews and openly weep when he sings and gyrates onstage, stand by him even when his voice changes and a new sensation comes along with an even cooler haircut?
Justin Bieber on the big screen David Malitz 2011
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He was speaking not in a preconcert lecture or the like, but after the first movement.
Berlin in Lights: The Magic of Silence - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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She has met her obligation partly with three compact but useful articles in the festival program book, and she is augmenting those with a few carefully reasoned preconcert talks.
Tanglewood Festival: Male Singers Need Not Apply - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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He was speaking not in a preconcert lecture or the like, but after the first movement.
Berlin in Lights: The Magic of Silence - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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She has met her obligation partly with three compact but useful articles in the festival program book, and she is augmenting those with a few carefully reasoned preconcert talks.
Tanglewood Festival: Male Singers Need Not Apply - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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He takes off his Coke-bottle glasses to take part in a preconcert hand-clasping prayer with the rest of the group, all clad in silver jackets, before taking the stage for "One of a Kind Love Affair."
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During a preconcert satellite hookup with admirers in Malaysia, Hong Kong and Singapore, she is peppered with questions.
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After an unquiet slumber of some three or four hours 'duration, we arose, as if by preconcert, to make examination of our treasure.
The Gold-Bug 2006
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