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IN CONCERT
I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
With a common plan
Example:
act in concert
Synonyms:
in concert; together
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Context examples:
Increased activity in these areas occurred in concert with activity in the inferior frontal junction, an area of the prefrontal cortex that controls visual processing areas.
(How the brain pays attention to faces and places, NIH)
Direct interactions between T cells and dendritic cells are enhanced through the expression of adhesion molecules and costimulatory receptors CD80 and CD86 expressed by mature dendritic cells activate T cells in concert with the recognition of antigen/MHC by the T cell receptor.
(Dendritic Cell Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
Acts in concert with its partner the Canadian Cancer Society, and with The Terry Fox Foundation, to provide support for cancer research and related programs undertaken at Canadian universities, hospitals and other research institutions.
(National Cancer Institute of Canada, NCI Thesaurus)
In English, ‹a› by itself usually denotes the near-open front unrounded vowel (/æ/) as in pad, the open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/) as in father, or, in concert with a later orthographic vowel, the diphthong /eɪ/ as in ace and major, due to effects of the great vowel shift.
(A, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A team led by Drs. Benjamin R. Thiede and Jeffrey T. Corwin at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, working in collaboration with the NIDCD team, revealed that another signaling molecule, retinoic acid, acts in concert with Bmp7 to position cells.
(Hearing different frequencies, NIH)
The part that makes this period so special is that Neptune will signal good-fortune Jupiter, and in concert, they will send golden beams to that new moon for weeks and months.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
From February 16 until March 30, Mars in Capricorn along with his friends—Saturn, Pluto, and Jupiter (all three in sweet Capricorn), as well as with Neptune in Pisces and Uranus in Taurus, each in divinely harmonious signs to your Virgo Sun—will work in concert to act like little loving relatives to help you find love.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
