concerned

[ kuhn-surnd ]
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adjective
  1. interested or affected: concerned citizens.

  2. troubled or anxious: a concerned look.

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

Origin of concerned

1
First recorded in 1650–60; concern + -ed2

Other words from concerned

  • con·cern·ed·ly [kuhn-sur-nid-lee], /kənˈsɜr nɪd li/, adverb
  • con·cern·ed·ness, noun
  • un·der·con·cerned, adjective

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How to use concerned in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for concerned

concerned

/ (kənˈsɜːnd) /


adjective
  1. (postpositive) interested, guilty, involved, or appropriate: I shall find the boy concerned and punish him

  2. worried, troubled, or solicitous

Derived forms of concerned

  • concernedly (kənˈsɜːnɪdlɪ), adverb
  • concernedness, noun

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