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Definition of Concern
1. Noun. Something that interests you because it is important or affects you. "The safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
Generic synonyms: Interest, Involvement
2. Verb. Be relevant to. "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
Related verbs: Advert, Allude, Touch
Specialized synonyms: Center, Center On, Concentrate On, Focus On, Revolve About, Revolve Around, Apply, Go For, Hold, Affect, Involve, Regard, Interest, Matter To
Derivative terms: Pertinence, Pertinency, Pertinent, Reference
3. Noun. An anxious feeling. "They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
4. Verb. Be on the mind of. "The bad news will concern him"; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
5. Noun. A feeling of sympathy for someone or something. "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
Generic synonyms: Fellow Feeling, Sympathy
Antonyms: Unconcern
6. Noun. Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. "It's a major worry"
Generic synonyms: Negative Stimulus
Specialized synonyms: Bugaboo, Burden, Encumbrance, Incumbrance, Load, Onus, Business
Derivative terms: Vex, Worry, Worry, Worry
7. Noun. A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it. "A racially integrated business concern"
Category relationships: Business, Business Enterprise, Commercial Enterprise
Examples of category: Shipping Room
Generic synonyms: Enterprise
Specialized synonyms: Agency, Brokerage, Carrier, Common Carrier, Chain, Business Firm, Firm, House, Dealership, Franchise, Maker, Manufacturer, Manufacturing Business, Partnership, Processor, Shipbuilder, Underperformer
Member holonyms: Division
Definition of Concern
1. v. t. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
2. v. i. To be of importance.
3. n. That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.
Definition of Concern
1. Noun. That which affects one's welfare or happiness ¹
2. Noun. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person. ¹
3. Noun. A business, firm or enterprise; a company. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To be of importance to. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To make somebody worried. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Concern
1. to be of interest to [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Concern
Literary usage of Concern
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"It was therefore now commanded to be practic'd, and my concern being ... At my
return I was infinitely concern'd to find that goodly Church St Paules now a ..."
2. Ivanhoe: A Romance by Walter Scott (1895)
"... are matters which, as they do not concern you, so neither need ye busy yourselves
respecting them." " Our heads are in the lion's mouth," said Wamba, ..."
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