concern

[ kuhn-surn ]
/ kənˈsɜrn /
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verb (used with object)

noun

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Origin of concern

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

synonym study for concern

6. 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.

OTHER WORDS FROM concern

o·ver·con·cern, noun, verb (used with object)pre·con·cern, noun, verb (used with object)self-con·cern, noun

Words nearby concern

conceptual art, conceptual realism, conceptualism, conceptualize, conceptus, concern, concerned, concerning, concernment, concert, concert grand
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Words related to concern

interest, matter, thing, involvement, burden, worry, apprehension, attention, unease, consideration, disturb, perturb, bother, regard, involve, trouble, firm, affair, transaction, entanglement

Example sentences from the Web for concern

British Dictionary definitions for concern

concern
/ (kənˈsɜːn) /

verb (tr)

to relate to; be of importance or interest to; affect
(usually foll by with or in) to involve or interest (oneself)he concerns himself with other people's affairs

noun

Word Origin for concern

C15: from Late Latin concernere to mingle together, from Latin com- together + cernere to sift, distinguish
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Idioms and Phrases with concern

concern

see as far as that goes (is concerned); to whom it may concern.

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