CONCERT
A public performance of music by singers, instrumentalists, or both.
Other meanings and uses
- Agreement or coordinated action among several people or bodies.
- To arrange or carry out something through mutual coordination.
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GIG
A single booked performance, especially by a musician or musical group.
Other meanings and uses
- A temporary, freelance, or short-term piece of paid work.
- A light two-wheeled carriage drawn by one horse.
- A barbed spear used for catching fish or frogs.
SET
To put, place, or arrange someone or something in a chosen position.
Other meanings and uses
- A collection of items regarded as belonging together.
- The scenery and constructed surroundings used for a production.
- A sequence of games, songs, or other units within a larger event.
- Fixed, firm, or unlikely to be changed.
SHOW
To make something visible, apparent, understandable, or available to view.
Other meanings and uses
- A public entertainment, exhibition, or organized presentation.
- An outward display or appearance, sometimes intended to impress.
- To guide someone to a place or indicate where something is.
- To register or appear as information on an instrument or display.
ACTOR
A person who portrays a character in theater, film, television, or radio.
Other meanings and uses
- A person or organization that takes an active role in events.
- In computing, an entity that communicates by sending and receiving messages.
AGENT
A person authorized to act for or represent another person or organization.
Other meanings and uses
- A person who arranges professional work for a performer or athlete.
- A substance or force that produces a particular effect.
- A law-enforcement or intelligence officer.
- In grammar, the person or thing that performs an action.
PARTY
A social gathering held for conversation, food, drink, entertainment, or celebration.
Other meanings and uses
- A political organization formed around shared aims or policies.
- A person or group involved in an agreement, dispute, or legal matter.
- A group traveling or acting together for a particular purpose.
- To attend or hold lively social gatherings.
PLAYER
A person who takes part in a sport, game, or other organized contest.
Other meanings and uses
- A performer who plays a musical instrument.
- A device or program used to reproduce recorded media.
- A person or organization with influence in a particular field.
- An actor or other theatrical performer.
GRAND
Large, impressive, important, or ambitious in appearance, scale, or intention.
Other meanings and uses
- Excellent or highly enjoyable in informal speech.
- A thousand units of money, especially dollars or pounds.
- A full-size piano whose strings run horizontally.
GREAT
Very large in size, amount, degree, importance, ability, or effect.
Other meanings and uses
- Excellent, impressive, or especially enjoyable.
- An important, distinguished, or highly accomplished person.
- Used as an emphatic response expressing approval or acceptance.
HALF
Either of two equal or approximately equal parts that make up a whole.
Other meanings and uses
- A period or section forming one of two divisions of a game.
- An amount equal to one half of a standard measure.
- Partly, incompletely, or to a limited degree.
- One of two players occupying related positions in some sports.
STEP
A movement made by lifting a foot and placing it in a new position.
Other meanings and uses
- A flat surface used when going up or down a staircase.
- One action or stage in a process or procedure.
- A short distance measured by a single pace.
- To move by lifting and setting down the feet.
FROM NEANDER
A phrase meaning originating in, coming from, or being supplied by Neander.
Other meanings and uses
- Wording that can mark provenance from a person, place, organization, or work named Neander.
HANDY
Useful, convenient, or well suited to a practical purpose or immediate need.
Other meanings and uses
- Close enough to be reached or used readily.
- Skillful with the hands or competent at practical tasks.
- A short informal reference guide designed for convenient use.
UPRIGHT
Positioned vertically, standing straight, or held in an erect posture.
Other meanings and uses
- Honest, honorable, and guided by strong moral principles.
- A vertical post or supporting structural member.
- A piano with strings arranged vertically inside its case.
- A vacuum cleaner designed with its main body standing vertically.
WISE
Having or showing sound judgment, deep understanding, and useful experience.
Other meanings and uses
- Sensible or prudent in a particular situation.
- Aware of or informed about something, often in informal usage.
- A suffix meaning in a specified manner, direction, or respect.