English dictionary: words starting with con - page 5

Meanings of Concertmaster:

noun

The leading first-violin player in some orchestras.

Usage examples:

Among his disciples are the well-known cello teacher george neikrug and the late violist, william p…

Meanings of Concertmasters:

noun

The leading first-violin player in some orchestras.

Usage examples:

Among his disciples are the well-known cello teacher george neikrug and the late violist, william p…

Meanings of Concertment:

noun

The action of working or acting in concert.

Meanings of Concerto:

noun

A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra, especially one conceived on a relatively large scale.

Usage examples:

I had been rather unimpressed by this composer's piano concertos but his solo piano music is clearl…

Meanings of Concertos:

noun

A musical composition for a solo instrument or instruments accompanied by an orchestra, especially one conceived on a relatively large scale.

Usage examples:

I had been rather unimpressed by this composer's piano concertos but his solo piano music is clearl…

Meanings of Concerts:

noun

A musical performance given in public, typically by several performers or of several compositions.

Usage examples:

A pop concert

verb

Arrange (something) by mutual agreement or coordination.

Usage examples:

They started meeting regularly to concert their parliamentary tactics

Meanings of Concessible:

adjective

Capable of being conceded or granted; allowable.

Meanings of Concession:

noun

A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands.

Usage examples:

The government was unwilling to make any further concessions

Meanings of Concessionaire:

noun

The holder of a concession or grant, especially for the use of land or commercial premises or for trading rights.

Usage examples:

When talking to new black shareholders and concessionaires in the hake industry, one hears mostly h…

Meanings of Concessionaires:

noun

The holder of a concession or grant, especially for the use of land or commercial premises or for trading rights.

Usage examples:

When talking to new black shareholders and concessionaires in the hake industry, one hears mostly h…

Meanings of Concessional:

adjective

(of a rate or allowance) constituting a concession.

Usage examples:

A concessional interest rate

Meanings of Concessionary:

adjective

Relating to or constituting a concession or reduced rate.

Usage examples:

Concessionary bus passes

Meanings of Concessioner:

noun

The holder of a concession or grant, especially for the use of land or commercial premises or for trading rights.

Usage examples:

When talking to new black shareholders and concessionaires in the hake industry, one hears mostly h…

Meanings of Concessionist:

noun

A person who advocates concession.

Meanings of Concessions:

noun

A thing that is granted, especially in response to demands.

Usage examples:

The government was unwilling to make any further concessions

Meanings of Concessive:

adjective

Characterized by or tending to concession.

Usage examples:

We must look for a more concessive approach

Meanings of Concessor:

noun

A person who concedes.

Meanings of Concettism:

noun

The employment of conceits in literary composition.

Meanings of Concettist:

noun

A writer who makes use of conceits or concetti; a practitioner of concettism.

Meanings of Concetto:

noun

A fanciful, ingenious, or witty expression, metaphor, turn of thought, etc.; a conceit.

Meanings of Conch:

noun

A tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip.

Usage examples:

Raup analyzed different types of mollusk conchs in terms of their geometrical properties.

Meanings of Concha:

noun

The depression in the external ear leading to its central opening.

Usage examples:

The convolutions of the external ear, particularly the concha, act to increase or decrease the ampl…

Meanings of Conchae:

noun

The depression in the external ear leading to its central opening.

Usage examples:

The convolutions of the external ear, particularly the concha, act to increase or decrease the ampl…

Meanings of Conches:

noun

A tropical marine mollusc with a robust spiral shell which may bear long projections and have a flared lip.

Usage examples:

Raup analyzed different types of mollusk conchs in terms of their geometrical properties.

Meanings of Conchie:

noun

A conscientious objector.

Usage examples:

They were all conchies and they kept on about negotiating an end to the war