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"


2. Verb. Be relevant to. "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

3. Noun. An anxious feeling. "They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
Exact synonyms: Care, Fear
Generic synonyms: Anxiety
Derivative terms: Care, Fear, Fear

4. Verb. Be on the mind of. "The bad news will concern him"; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
Exact synonyms: Interest, Occupy, Worry
Derivative terms: Interest, Occupation

5. Noun. A feeling of sympathy for someone or something. "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
Specialized synonyms: Solicitousness, Solicitude, Softheartedness, Tenderness
Generic synonyms: Fellow Feeling, Sympathy
Antonyms: Unconcern

6. Noun. Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. "It's a major worry"
Exact synonyms: Headache, Vexation, 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"

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. to be of interest to [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Concern

conceptualities
conceptuality
conceptualization
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conceptualizer
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conceptually
conceptus
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conceptuses
concept album
concept formation
concern (current term)
concerned
concernedly
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concernment
concernments
concerns
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concert-goer
concerted
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concertedness
concertednesses
concerted evolution
concerted model

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