concern
[ kuhn-surn ]
/ kənˈsɜrn /
verb (used with object)
noun
SYNONYMS FOR concern
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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, nounWords nearby concern
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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
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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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