concerned
Use Concerned in a sentence
adjective
1.
interested or affected: concerned citizens.
2.
troubled or anxious: a concerned look.
3.
having a connection or involvement; participating: They arrested all those concerned in the kidnapping.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.
2.
to interest or engage (used reflexively or in the passive, often followed by with or in ): She concerns herself with every aspect of the business.
3.
to trouble, worry, or disquiet: I am concerned about his health.
noun
4.
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair: Law is the concern of lawyers.
5.
a matter that engages a person's attention, interest, or care, or that affects a person's welfare or happiness: The party was no concern of his.
6.
worry, solicitude, or anxiety: to show concern for someone in trouble.
7.
important relation or bearing: This news is of concern to all of us.
8.
a commercial or manufacturing company or establishment: the headquarters of an insurance concern.
9.
Informal. any material object or contrivance.
Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English concernen (< Middle French concerner) < Medieval Latin concernere to relate to, distinguish (Late Latin: to mix for sifting), equivalent to Latin con- con- + cernere to sift
1375–1425; late Middle English concernen (< Middle French concerner) < Medieval Latin concernere to relate to, distinguish (Late Latin: to mix for sifting), equivalent to Latin con- con- + cernere to sift
Related forms
o·ver·con·cern, noun, verb (used with object)
pre·con·cern, noun, verb (used with object)
self-con·cern, noun
Synonyms
1. touch, involve. 3. disturb. 5. burden, responsibility. Concern, care, worry connote an uneasy and burdened state of mind. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care. Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market. 8. firm, house.
1. touch, involve. 3. disturb. 5. burden, responsibility. Concern, care, worry connote an uneasy and burdened state of mind. Concern implies an anxious sense of interest in something: concern over a friend's misfortune. Care suggests a heaviness of spirit caused by dread, or by the constant pressure of burdensome demands: Poverty weighs a person down with care. Worry is an active state of agitated uneasiness and restless apprehension: He was distracted by worry over the stock market. 8. firm, house.
Antonyms
6. indifference.
6. indifference.
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concern (kənˈsɜːn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb (usually foll by with | |
| 1. | to relate to; be of importance or interest to; affect |
| 2. | to involve or interest (oneself): he concerns himself with other people's affairs |
| —n | |
| 3. | something that affects or is of importance to a person; affair; business |
| 4. | regard for or interest in a person or a thing: he felt a strong concern for her |
| 5. | anxiety, worry, or solicitude |
| 6. | important bearing or relation: his news has great concern for us |
| 7. | a commercial company or enterprise |
| 8. | informal a material thing, esp one of which one has a low opinion |
| [C15: from Late Latin concernere to mingle together, from Latin com- together + cernere to sift, distinguish] | |
| concerned (kənˈsɜːnd) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | (postpositive) interested, guilty, involved, or appropriate: I shall find the boy concerned and punish him |
| 2. | worried, troubled, or solicitous |
| concernedly | |
| —adv | |
| con'cernedness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
concern
mid-15c., from M.L. concernere "concern, touch, belong to," figurative use of L.L. concernere "to sift, mix, as in a sieve," from L. com- "with" + cernere "to sift," hence "perceive, comprehend" (see crisis). Apparently the sense of the prefix shifted to intensive in M.L.
Meaning of "relate to" is 16c.; "worry" is 17c. To whom it may concern first recorded 1868.
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Example sentences
One question that was involved concerned happiness of the pigs in the two conditions.
They are also increasingly concerned about pollution, especially in the form of the greenhouse gases that cause global warming.
There is much more money involved in going with the flow than going against it where global warming is concerned.
Explain that as more new suburbs are built, many people are concerned that too much land is being used up.
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