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 Definitions of CONCERN  [ənˈsɜrn]  

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Definition of 'CONCERN' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) concern
to be of interest or importance to; affect; involve:
Drug abuse concerns us all.

2.  concern
to relate to; be connected with.

3.  concern
to interest or engage (used reflexively or in the passive):
to concern oneself with every aspect of a business.

4.  concern
to trouble, worry, or disquiet; disturb:
Your headaches concern me.

5. (n.) concern
something that relates or pertains to a person; business; affair.

6.  concern
a matter that engages a person's attention, interest, or care, or that affects a person's welfare or happiness.

7.  concern
worry, solicitude, or anxiety:
to show concern for the homeless.

8.  concern
important relation or bearing:
This news is of concern to both of us.

9.  concern
a commercial or manufacturing company or establishment; firm.

10.  concern
any material object or contrivance.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; late ME (< MF concerner) < ML concernere to relate to, distinguish (LL: to mix for sifting))

Definition of 'CONCERN' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) concern
something that interests you because it is important or affects you
"the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"

2. (noun) concern, care, fear
an anxious feeling
"care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"

3. (noun) concern
a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
"She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"

4. (noun) concern, worry, headache, vexation
something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
"New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"

5. (verb) business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation
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"

6. (verb) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with
be relevant to
"There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

7. (verb) concern, interest, occupy, worry
be on the mind of
"I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"


Definition of 'CONCERN' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) concern
worries or fears
concern for the children's happiness; concerns about/over the failing housing market; concern that the school may close

2.  concern
cause for concern
reason to worry
There is no cause for concern.

3.  concern
express/voice concern
to say what worries you

4.  concern
sb's concern
sb's responsibility or problem
If he's broke, that's not my concern.

5. (verb) concern
to worry sb
Climate change concerns me.; It concerns us that you're doing this alone.; It concerns us to see so much poverty.

6.  concern
concern sb to hear/see/learn etc.
to be about
an essay concerning human intelligence

7.  concern
relate to or involve sb
This matter doesn't concern you.

8.  concern
concern yourself
to think or worry about
She doesn't concern herself with unimportant things.


Definition of 'CONCERN' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) CONCERN
that which relates or belongs to one; business; affair

2. (noun) CONCERN
that which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment

3. (noun) CONCERN
interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety

4. (noun) CONCERN
persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern

5. (verb) CONCERN
to relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to

6. (verb) CONCERN
to engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects

7. (verb) CONCERN
to be of importance


Translation of 'CONCERN' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to have to do with
This order doesn't concern us; So far as I'm concerned, you can do what you like.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: betref, raak Arabic flag Arabic: يَخَص، يَهُم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: отнасям се до
Brazilian flag Brazilian: dizer respeito Czech flag Czech: týkat se German flag German: betreffen
Danish flag Danish: angå; vedrøre; berøre Greek flag Greek: αφορώ Spanish flag Spanish: concernir
Estonian flag Estonian: (kellessegi) puutuma Farsi flag Farsi: مربوط بودن به Finnish flag Finnish: koskettaa
French flag French: concerner Hebrew flag Hebrew: לִדאוֹג Hindi flag Hindi: सरोकार
Croatian flag Croatian: ticati se, biti važan za, Hungarian flag Hungarian: (vkit)érint, illet Indonesian flag Indonesian: pentingan bagi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: varða, snerta Italian flag Italian: riguardare Japanese flag Japanese: ~にかかわる
Korean flag Korean: 관계하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: turėti ryšį su kuo, sieti Latvian flag Latvian: attiekties uz; skart
Malay flag Malay: kena-mengena Dutch flag Dutch: betreffen Norwegian flag Norwegian: angå, vedrøre, berøre
Polish flag Polish: dotyczyć Persian flag Persian: مربوط بودن به Pashto flag Pashto: رابطه يا علاقه درلودل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: dizer respeito Romanian flag Romanian: a privi Russian flag Russian: касаться
Slovak flag Slovak: týkať sa Slovenian flag Slovenian: zadevati Serbian flag Serbian: ticati se
Swedish flag Swedish: angå Thai flag Thai: เกี่ยวข้องกับ Turkish flag Turkish: ilgilendirmek, ilgili olm
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 對...有關 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: стосуватися, відноситися Urdu flag Urdu: تعلق ہونا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: liên quan Chinese flag Chinese: 对...有关

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