CONCERTATION Definition & Meaning

concertation

[ kon-ser-tey-shuhn; French kawn-ser-ta-syawn ]

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noun

(especially in European politics) cooperation, as among opposing factions, aimed at effecting a unified proposal or concerted action.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

First recorded in 1500–10; from French, from Latin ��ǲԳ��پ�ō��-, stem of ��ǲԳ��پ�ō “controversy, strife,” from ��ǲԳ��(�ܲ�) “contended” (past participle of ��ǲԳ�� “to contend, fight,” from con- con- + �� “to contend,” literally, “to decide repeatedly,” from cernere “to decide, separate, sift”) + -��ō -ion; influenced by French concerter ( concert ) and perhaps a new formation

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"It was a proper circus out here. There were a lot of distraction, a lot of opportunities for Sinner to lose concertation and he didn't do that."

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Paris a lancé sa concertation sur le projet de Zone apaisée pour Paris Centre et le nord du boulevard Saint-Germain.

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But if the concertation of plants and waste in Newark is attractive to him, isn’t that exactly the problem residents are raising?

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Following his meeting with the president, Berger said a tight deadline wouldn’t give “enough time to the necessary concertation on weighty issues.”

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He repeatedly used the French word concertation, which means cooperation and coordination, to describe the goal of France's new, post-Gaullist policy.

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