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concerned

[kuhn-surnd]

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adjective

interested or affected: concerned citizens.

troubled or anxious: a concerned look.

having a connection or involvement; participating: They arrested all those concerned in the kidnapping.

Origin:
1650–60; concern + -ed²

Related forms

con·cern·ed·ly

[kuhn-sur-nid-lee] , adverb

con·cern·ed·ness, noun

un·der·con·cerned, adjective

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Concerned is always a great word to know.

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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

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The parents were concerned about the safety of the park because the sun shines into the eyes of the pitcher.

It does not seem too concerned about authenticity, and neither do consumers.

If you're concerned about forecasts of long-term global warming, you might be worried about the wrong thing.

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The parents were concerned about the safety of the park because the sun shines into the eyes of the pitcher.

It does not seem too concerned about authenticity, and neither do consumers.

If you're concerned about forecasts of long-term global warming, you might be worried about the wrong thing.

The article is concerned with high level mercury exposure.

But wildlife experts became concerned about the barrier's impact on zebras.

We're concerned about using paint that might be toxic or give off fumes.

The automakers offering semiautonomous active safety systems primarily have been concerned with developing reliable technology.

It may well be more formal than you are used to, particularly where relations with colleagues are concerned.

And the managers correctly informed the financial authorities concerned.

Astrobiology is a relatively new science concerned with the frequency and nature of life in the universe.

Meanwhile concerned citizens wondered whether these ostensibly benevolent electronic eyes were developing a suspicious squint.

Until recently, he said, science has been concerned mainly with things-external reality.

If you fall into the group for higher sodium-sensitivity or are concerned about your blood pressure, talk to your doctor.

One of the cases favoring student speech concerned a senior honors student.

Smith isn't particularly concerned with making history-he simply enjoys studying it.

At the same time, the central bank is concerned about growth.

If you're concerned about how your actions affect the environment, eco-friendly clothing is an attractive option.

Companies and individuals are often at odds, concerned either with collecting information or with preserving privacy.

In the end, he was more concerned with technique than possessed by a vision.

Those funny-looking energy-saving lightbulbs contain a little mercury: something to be concerned about if one should get smashed.

But such moments aside, the programme's opponents are right to be concerned about it.

Iraqi public health workers are particularly concerned about the use of armaments that incorporate depleted uranium.

They want you to believe that you only need to be concerned about the doses that will kill you.

We have a genealogy of hula, as far as teachers are concerned.

Car makers have a disconnect with their customers where the environment is concerned.

In particular, the party is concerned to nip disparate sites of dissatisfaction in the bud before they blossom.

Activists and the state are concerned that the plutonium will leach into the aquifer.

Today expectant parents concerned about the diseases that could afflict their unborn children don't have a lot of options.

It is this latter category with which this list is concerned.

The case against her concerned her explanation of this sale: using a tip may have been alright.

If you are not concerned about spoiling the surprise, read on.

No one was overly concerned at the time because it was, after all, a disease that seemed to only affect cows.

But the government is clearly concerned about inflation.

Medical researchers are concerned that eating more meat will result in an increase in heart disease and stroke.

The two of you seem to be in agreement where the adaptability of that tree is concerned.

And that policy is itself a sign that the central bank is extremely concerned about the economic outlook.

People concerned about wildlife and wild places can view problems in real time and track the impact of their own contributions.

But many are concerned not so much about a failed president as about a flailing nation.

Consumers are increasingly concerned about the quality, source and conditions under which their food is grown.

Like any president, however, he is concerned with how history will judge him.

Lastly, while you are concerned about the coverage for the dwelling, also consider options for coverage for your possessions.

Most scholars concerned with the material basis of consciousness are cortical chauvinists.

For now, anyone concerned with the sustainability of the ocean should avoid eating these fish.

If you're concerned about reports of toxins in fish, buy wild salmon and trim.

Consumer groups and some organic pioneers say they are concerned that the movement.

But some people remain concerned about radical professors.

He was married to an aristocrat and much concerned with genealogy.

But the findings should encourage overweight people to try dieting even if they're concerned that they won't stick with.

In the field, soldiers were concerned with a more immediate matter:.

Our roads are clogged with half-aware nitwits less concerned with driving than with applying makeup or taking.

Many respondents also said they were concerned about the return on investment of such a program.

We are concerned that it may even be a socially irresponsible use of scarce newsprint.

Officials are concerned that other sections of the aging system may be susceptible to.

His research group is primarily concerned with investigating electron-spin dynamics in a variety of semiconductor systems.

Though traditional wine wisdom has it that vintages are something to be concerned about, current reality suggests.

Rather, they say they're concerned about a related.

Concerned that a growing number of students are enrolling in poor-quality.

For people who are concerned about their overall intake of.

SE is concerned about protecting children's privacy.

He knows that people concerned about scientific progress should be concerned about who's elected president.

They weren't afraid to unsettle the students, and they weren't so concerned with whether the students liked them.

They also think the files can be shown only to trusted professionals concerned with their health.

The researchers said they were also concerned about siltation of the reefs from illegal logging in adjacent areas.

Several concerned the application of physics to life sciences.

Of course, many people concerned with privacy simply opt to give false information.

Public libraries are much less concerned about that, while school libraries couldn't care less.

On the corporate side, many of the companies concerned have changed beyond recognition.

But a mining operation has cavers and residents concerned.

Secondly, it's not those folk we're concerned about.

There's no reason to be concerned about making distinctions with women writers.

Some of the respondents are concerned that wanted e-mail will be lost in the clutter of unwanted e-mail.

Americans know plenty about climate change, he says, but are more concerned with other issues that seem more immediate.

Hear the voices of concerned scientists on the risks of genetically engineered foods.

It seems this writer is more concerned with taking money from consumers than with public health.

Still, some international educators said they are concerned that international enrollments could fall off in future years.

Authorities concerned about drug use found it less attractive.

Rony said she is more concerned about a legal gray area emerging when minors come across graphic content while doing research.

Allen is less concerned about that figure than about the backgrounds of such students.

Researchers are concerned the birds are in jeopardy.

His first prediction concerned the future of concrete architecture-a topic that, for him, was not purely academic.

But privacy advocates are concerned that the program could be used as a form of legalized governmental surveillance.

For a history course, you may not be as concerned with eye contact and so forth.

They need to be less concerned with getting re-elected and think more about the coming years.

But ecologists are concerned that heavy harvesting for aquariums is threatening local populations of the fish.

Modern commercial collectors do not show the same inclination and are often more concerned with how much money a specimen can.

The implications have many at the conference concerned.

The other thing to be concerned about is that your interviews didn't lead to campus visits.

But some hit the headlines and stay there for weeks, ultimately doing lasting damage to the business concerned.

The judges were concerned that athletes would use performance-enhancing potions.

But if it's the same nutrients, that's what we're concerned about.

And he insists that he's not overly concerned with how his comments or activist positions are received.

John, who does not understand much about labor laws, is concerned about this accusation.

But the stockmarket is also supposed to be concerned with the efficient allocation of capital.

Your children will probably be concerned about the fate of endangered species.

In your essay, you describe a youth that is more concerned with popular culture than the culture of your tribe.

Formal approval is still pending and the countries concerned have been urged to keep it under wraps.

If your budget is tight and you are not concerned with how long it takes.

Apparently some producers were concerned about what messages the song were sending about selfishness or obesity.

The vote came after a month of deliberation, at a meeting crowded with concerned parents.

But concerned observers say the vast sweep and the density of this latest one.

Even, as far as cats are concerned it's debatable who domesticated who.

Unless the government concerned is running a surplus by that stage.

Many experts have also become concerned about biofuels' questionable green credentials.

Already concerned about the ecological impact of salmon farming in northwest.

Explain that as more new suburbs are built, many people are concerned that too much land is being used.

Now some people are concerned that the intensive harvesting for these festivals is endangering the abundance of wild ramps.

It didn't seem at all concerned by the fishermen in the river or the photographer on the bank.

These people are concerned about the manatees, but they don't want to give up boating.

Today some researchers are concerned that the thriving elephant and impala populations have outgrown the land.

But the cave diving community is concerned that the rapid pace of development could stress the supply.

Ask students if they know of any environmental issues that people in their town or region are concerned about.

Conservationists are deeply concerned for the fish's future.

But many are concerned that the boom is happening too fast-and that local inhabitants and wildlife will pay the price.

Scientists are concerned that fireflies may be disappearing.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

verb (used with object)

to relate to; be connected with; be of interest or importance to; affect: The water shortage concerns us all.

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.

to trouble, worry, or disquiet: I am concerned about his health.

noun

something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair: Law is the concern of lawyers.

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.

worry, solicitude, or anxiety: to show concern for someone in trouble.

important relation or bearing: This news is of concern to all of us.

a commercial or manufacturing company or establishment: the headquarters of an insurance concern.

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Informal. any material object or contrivance.

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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

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.

Antonyms
6. indifference.

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World English Dictionary

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.

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Meaning of "relate to" is 16c.; "worry" is 17c. To whom it may concern first recorded 1868.

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