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concern

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

noun

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RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

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

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

Related forms

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

Synonym study

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.
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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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with concern

concern

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

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