concert

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkɒnsərt/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈkɑnsɝt/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(n., adj. konsûrt, -sərt; v. kən sûrt)


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concerto - concert
‘concerto’
A concerto /kən^tʃeətəʊ/ is a piece of classical music written for one or more solo instruments and an orchestra.
...Beethoven's Violin Concerto.
‘concert’
Note that you do not call a performance of music given by musicians a ‘concerto’. You call it a concert /^kɒnsət/.
She had gone to the concert that evening.
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