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English

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-concern.ogg


Etymology

From concernere.

Noun

  1. That which affects one's welfare or happiness
  2. : Mark's health was of great concern to Connie.
  3. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
  4. : He placed his hand on his sister's sunburnt legs with great concern.
  5. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
  6. : The employees' attitude is really hurting the concern.


Translations

  • Danish: Bekymring
  • Dutch: , {{t+|nl|belangstelling|f}}
  • Finnish: ,
  • Hebrew: דאגה (de'aga) (2)
  • Czech: {{t-|cs|koncern|m}}
  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|aangelegenheid|f}}, {{t+|nl|onderneming|f}}

Verb

  1. To be of importance to.
  2. To make somebody worried.


Translations

  • Irish: {{t|ga|bain do|xs=Irish}}, {{t|ga|bain le|xs=Irish}}
  • Portuguese:

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Going \Go"ing\, p. pr. of Go. Specif.:
(a) That goes; in existence; available for present use or
enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working;
in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest
men going; going prices or rate.
(b) Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting
business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect
of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases

a going business,

concern, etc.
(c) Of or pertaining to a going business or concern; as,
the going value of a company.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] Goiter
GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Concern \Con*cern"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concerned; p. pr. &
vb. n. Concerning.] [F. concerner, LL. concernere to
regard, concern, fr. L. concernere to mix or mingle together,
as in a sieve for separating; con- + cernere to separate,
sift, distinguish by the senses, and especially by the eyes,
to perceive, see. See Certain.]
1. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection
with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
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Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those
things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. --Acts
xxviii. 31.
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Our wars with France have affected us in our most
tender interests, and concerned us more than those
with any other nation. --Addison.
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It much concerns a preacher first to learn
The genius of his audience and their turn.
--Dodsley.
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Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is
concerned. --J. F.
Cooper.
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2. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good
prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
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They think themselves out the reach of Providence,
and no longer concerned to solicit his favor.
--Rogers.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Concern \Con*cern"\, v. i.
To be of importance. [Obs.]
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Which to deny concerns more than avails. --Shak.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Concern \Con*cern"\, n.
1. That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.
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The private concerns of fanilies. --Addison.
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2. That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest;
moment.
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Mysterious secrets of a high concern. --Roscommon.
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3. Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard;
solicitude; anxiety.
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O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns
And gentle wishes follow me to battle. --Addison.
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4. (Com.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its
business; as, a banking concern.
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The whole concern, all connected with a particular affair
or business.

Syn: Care; anxiety; solicitude; interest; regard; business;
affair; matter; moment. See Care.
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WordNet concern
n 1: something that interests you because it is important or
affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's
concern"
2: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up
out of fear of public reaction" [syn: care, fear]
3: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who
constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a
small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated
business concern" [syn: business, business concern, {business
organization}, business organisation]
4: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of
unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern";
"it's a major worry" [syn: worry, headache, vexation]
5: a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt
strong concern for those less fortunate" [ant: unconcern]
v 1: have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of
questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained
to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate,
come to, bear on, touch, touch on]
2: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic
consonant" [syn: interest, occupy, worry]
Moby Dictionary
Aktiengesellschaft , TLC , absorb , academic discipline ,
academic specialty , accent , accommodatingness , activities ,
activity , affair , affairs , affect , affect the interest , agency ,
agitate , agitation , agreeableness , ail , aktiebolag , all-overs ,
angst , answer to , anticipation , anxiety , anxiety hysteria ,
anxiety neurosis , anxious bench , anxious concern , anxious seat ,
anxiousness , appertain to , applicability , application ,
applied science , apply to , appositeness , apprehension ,
apprehensiveness , area , arena , art , atelier , attention ,
attentiveness , attract , awareness , bag , barbershop , basis ,
be about , be the matter , bear on , bear upon , bearing ,
beauty parlor , beauty shop , belong to , bench , beset ,
body corporate , bother , burden , business , business establishment ,
butcher shop , cankerworm of care , care , carefulness , caring ,
cartel , case , catch up in , cathexis , caution , chamber of commerce ,
chapter , charge , chord , circumspection , circumspectness , combine ,
commerce , commercial enterprise , compagnie , company , complaisance ,
complicate matters , concernment , conglomerate ,
conglomerate corporation , connect , connection , consciousness ,
consequence , consequentiality , considerateness , consideration ,
consolidating company , consortium , copartnership , corporate body ,
corporation , correspond to , curiosity , deal with , delicacy ,
department of knowledge , desk , discipline , discommode , disquiet ,
disquietude , distress , disturb , disturbance ,
diversified corporation , doing , domain , doubt , draw in , dread ,
dubiety , duty , echo , embarrass , empathy , emphasis , employ ,
employment , engage , enmesh , entangle , enterprise , enthusiasm ,
essence , establishment , excellence , excite , excite interest ,
facility , faltering , fascinate , fear , fellow feeling , field ,
field of inquiry , field of study , firm , focus of attention ,
focus of interest , foreboding , forebodingness , forethought ,
frazzle , function , germaneness , gimmick , gist , give concern , gizmo ,
harass , have connection with , head , heading , heed , heedfulness ,
helpfulness , high order , high rank , holding company , house ,
identification , implicate , import , importance , incertitude ,
inconvenience , indulgence , industry , inquietude , installation ,
institution , interest , interestedness , invite , involve , involve in ,
involvement , irk , irresolution , issue , jigger , job ,
joint-stock association , joint-stock company , labor , leniency ,
liaise with , link with , living issue , loft , lookout , loving care ,
main point , malaise , mark , materiality , matter , matter in hand ,
matter of interest , meat , merit , mindfulness , misgiving , mistrust ,
moment , motif , motive , natural science , nervous strain ,
nervous tension , nervousness , note , obligingness , occasions ,
occupation , ology , operating company , organization , outfit ,
overanxiety , palaver , paramountcy , parlor , partnership , passion ,
pathos , perplex , pertain to , pertinence , perturb , perturbation ,
pins and needles , pique , plague , plunderbund , point ,
point at issue , point in question , pool , pother , precedence ,
preeminence , preparedness , primacy , priority , problem , proceeding ,
province , provoke , public utility , pucker , pure science , put out ,
put to it , puzzle , question , refer to , reference , regard ,
regardfulness , relate to , relatedness , relating , relevance ,
respect , response , responsibility , responsiveness , rubric , science ,
self-importance , service , sharing , shop , shtick , significance ,
skepticism , social science , solicitousness , solicitude ,
special interest , specialty , sphere , stew , stimulate ,
stock company , strain , stress , studio , study , subject ,
subject matter , subject of thought , substance , suck into ,
superiority , supremacy , suspense , suspicion , sweatshop ,
sympathetic chord , sympathetic response , sympathy , syndicate , tact ,
tactfulness , tangle , tantalize , task , technicology , technics ,
technology , tender loving care , tension , text , theme , thing ,
thought , thoughtfulness , tickle , tie in with , titillate ,
toleration , topic , torment , touch , touch on , touch upon ,
trade association , transaction , treat of , trouble , trust ,
undertaking , unease , uneasiness , unquietness , unsettle , upset ,
utility , value , vex , vexation , vibes , vibrations , weight , widget ,
wonder , work , work site , work space , workbench , workhouse ,
working space , workplace , workroom , workshop , worktable , worry ,
worth , zeal


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