Meaning & use

concerted

adjective·Academic

Done together in a coordinated way, or carried out with deliberate, sustained effort.

See it in a sentence

The rescue teams made a concerted effort to reach the stranded hikers before nightfall.

It took a concerted campaign by local residents to save the old library from closure.

A note on using this word

Concerted almost always appears before effort or action, describing purposeful cooperation rather than accidental teamwork.

Words with a similar meaning

coordinatedjoint

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Words with an opposite meaning

individualscattered

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