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con·cern (k

n-sûrn

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v. con·cerned, con·cern·ing, con·cerns

v.tr.

1. To have to do with or relate to: an article that concerns the plight of homeless people.

2. To be of interest or importance to: This problem concerns all of us.

3. To engage the attention of; involve: We concerned ourselves with accomplishing the task at hand.

4. To cause anxiety or uneasiness in: The firm's weak financial posture is starting to concern its stockholders.

v.intr. Obsolete

To be of importance.

1. A matter that relates to or affects one. See Synonyms at affair.

2. Regard for or interest in someone or something.

3. A troubled or anxious state of mind arising from solicitude or interest. See Synonyms at anxiety.

4. A business establishment or enterprise; a firm.

5. A contrivance; a gadget.

[Middle English concernen, from Old French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernere, from Late Latin, to mingle together : Latin com-, com- + Latin cernere, to sift; see krei- in Indo-European roots.]

concern

Noun

1. anxiety or worry: the current concern over teenage pregnancies

2. something that is of interest or importance to a person

3. regard or interest: a scrupulous concern for client confidentiality

4. a business or firm

Verb

1. to worry or make anxious

2. to involve or interest: he had converted the building into flats without concerning himself with the niceties of planning permission

3. to be relevant or important to [Latin com- together + cernere to sift]

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" earthly concern, worldly concern, earth, world - the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" affair, matter, thing - a vaguely specified concern; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" affairs, personal business, personal matters - matters of personal concern; "get his affairs in order" part - that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part" point of honor - a concern that seriously reflects on your honor interest, involvement - a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; "an interest in music"
	2.	concern - an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" fear, care anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
	3.	concern - a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" solicitousness, solicitude - a feeling of excessive concern softheartedness, tenderness - a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) unconcern - a feeling of lack of concern
	4.	concern - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" headache, worry, vexation negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences bugaboo - a source of concern; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them" burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load - an onerous or difficult concern; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" business - a rightful concern or responsibility; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business"
	5.	concern - 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" business, business concern, business organisation, business organization business enterprise, commercial enterprise, business - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects; "computers are now widely used in business" shipping room - a room where goods are packaged and shipped enterprise - an organization created for business ventures; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" agency - a business that serves other businesses brokerage - the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties common carrier, carrier - a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages chain - (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a brokerage house" dealership, franchise - a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area manufacturer, manufacturing business, maker - a business engaged in manufacturing some product partnership - the members of a business venture created by contract processor - a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market shipbuilder - a business that builds and repairs ships underperformer - a business that is less successful than expected division - an administrative unit in government or business
Verb	1.	concern - be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" have-to doe with, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, refer, relate, touch allude, advert, touch - make a more or less disguised reference to; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around - center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" go for, apply, hold - be pertinent or relevant or applicable; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" involve, regard, affect - connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" matter to, interest - be of importance or consequence; "This matters to me!"
	2.	concern - be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" interest, occupy, worry

concern

noun 1. anxiety, fear, worry, distress, unease, apprehension, misgiving, disquiet

noun 2. worry, care, anxiety

3. affair, issue, matter, consideration

noun 4. care, interest, regard, consideration, solicitude, attentiveness

noun 5. business, job, charge, matter, department, field, affair, responsibility, task, mission, pigeon (informal)

noun 6. company, house, business, firm, organization, corporation, enterprise, establishment

noun 7. importance, interest, bearing, relevance

verb 8. worry, trouble, bother, disturb, distress, disquiet, perturb, make uneasy, make anxious

9. be about, cover, deal with, go into, relate to, have to do with

verb 10. be relevant to, involve, affect, regard, apply to, bear on, have something to do with, pertain to, interest, touch

Translations

concern [kənˈsəːn] n (= matter) → asunto;

(COMM) → empresa (= anxiety); preocupación f

vt → tener que ver con (= affect); atañer, concernir;

to be concerned (about) → interesarse (por), preocuparse (por);

to be concerned with → tratar de;

"to whom it may concern" → "a quien corresponda";

the department concerned (= under discussion) → el departamento en cuestión (= relevant); el departamento competente;

as far as I am concerned → en cuanto a mí, por lo que a mí se refiere

concern [kənˈsəːn] n → affaire f;

(Comm) → entreprise f, firme f (= anxiety); inquiétude f, souci m

vt (= worry) → inquiéter (= involve); concerner (= relate to); se rapporter à;

to be concerned (about) → s'inquiéter (de), être inquiet/ète (au sujet de);

"to whom it may concern" → "à qui de droit";

as far as I am concerned → en ce qui me concerne;

to be concerned with [person] (= involved with); s'occuper de;

the department concerned (= under discussion) → le service en question (= involved); le service concerné

concern [kənˈsəːn] n → Angelegenheit f;

(anxiety, worry) → Sorge f;

(Comm) → Konzern m

vt → Sorgen machen +dat;

(involve) → angehen;

(relate to) → betreffen;

to be concerned (about) → sich dat Sorgen machen (um);

"to whom it may concern" (on certificate) → "Bestätigung";

(on reference) → "Zeugnis";

as far as I am concerned → was mich betrifft;

to be concerned with → sich interessieren für;

the department concerned (under discussion) → die betreffende Abteilung;

(involved) → die zuständige Abteilung

concern [kənˈsəːn] n → affare m;

(COMM) → azienda, ditta (= anxiety); preoccupazione f

vt → riguardare;

to be concerned (about) → preoccuparsi (di);

to be concerned with → occuparsi di;

as far as I am concerned → per quanto mi riguarda;

"to whom it may concern" → "a tutti gli interessati";

the department concerned (= under discussion) → l'ufficio in questione (= relevant); l'ufficio competente

concern

v concern [kənˈsəːn]

1 to have to do with This order doesn't concern us; So far as I'm concerned, you can do what you like. betref, raak يَخَص، يَهُم отнасям се до týkat se angå; vedrøre; berøre betreffen αφορώ concernir (kellessegi) puutuma مربوط بودن به koskea concerner לִדאוֹג सरोकार ticati se, biti važan za, odnositi se na (vkit) érint, illet pentingan bagi varða, snerta riguardare ～にかかわる 관계가 있다 turėti ryšį su kuo, sieti su attiekties uz; skart kena-mengena betreffen angå, vedrøre, berøre dotyczyć dizer respeito a privi касаться týkať sa zadevati ticati se angå เกี่ยวข้องกับ ilgilendirmek, ilgili olmak 對...有關系 стосуватися, відноситися تعلق ہونا liên quan 对...有关系

2 (withfororabout) to make (usually oneself) uneasy Don't concern yourself about her. besorgd wees, betrokke wees, moegmaak يَقْلَق безпокоя starat se o, znepokojovat se bekymre beunruhigen νοιάζομαι, ανησυχώ preocuparse muretsema نگران کردن olla levoton s'inquiéter de לַעֲסוֹק, לִדאוֹג चिन्तित होना या करना brinuti se za, brinuti o nyugtalankodik (vki, vmi miatt) merisaukan hafa áhyggjur af preoccuparsi 心配させる 걱정하게 하다 rūpintis, nerimauti bažīties; raizēties menyusahkan zich zorgen maken om bekymre/engste (seg) przejmować się preocupar-se a se îngrijora (de) беспокоиться znepokojovať sa skrbeti brinuti se bekymra, oroa ทำให้กังวล kaygılandırmak, endişelendirmek 使擔心 турбуватися, тривожитися فکر کرنا lo lắng 使担心

3 (withwithorin) to interest (oneself) in He doesn't concern himself with unimportant details. betrokke met, belangstel يُشْغِلُ نَفْسَه، يَهْتَم بِ занимавам се starat se o, zajímat se o beskæftige sich beschäftigen ασχολούμαι με, ενδιαφέρομαι για interesarse en huvituma علاقه نشان دادن vaivata päätään s'intéresser à לְהִתעַניֵן, לַעָסוֹק सरोकार baviti se törődik mempedulikan hafa áhuga á interessarsi 関心をもつ 관심을 갖게 하다 domėtis interesēties; nodarboties memberi perhatian bezig houden zich met bry seg med, være opptatt av zajmować się preocupar-se a fi interesat (de) интересоваться zaoberať sa ukvarjati se interesovati se za bry sig om, befatta sig med เกี่ยวข้องกับ ilgilenmek 使關心 цікавитися, займатися دلچسپی رکھنا quan tâm đến 使关心

1 something that concerns or belongs to one His problems are not my concern. bekommerdheid, besorgdheid, kommer شَأْن грижа věc sag; anliggende die Angelegenheit έγνοια asunto asi, mure موضوع مرتبط با؛ موضوع مورد علاقه asia, huoli responsabilité קֶשֶר चिन्ता briga, zabrinutost, nemir gond tanggung jawab mál, málefni preoccupazione 関心事 관심사 reikalas, rūpestis darīšana urusan aangelegenheid sak, anliggende sprawa, rzecz preocupação grijă, treabă отношение vec zadeva, skrb briga angelägenhet, sak ความสัมพันธ์ mesele, sorun, iş 關係 справа; інтерес تعلق ہونا mối quan tâm 关系

2 anxiety The condition of the patient is giving rise to concern. kommer, bekommernis, begaan قَلَق безпокойство znepokojení bekymring die Sorge ανησυχία preocupación, inquietud mure(tsus) نگرانی؛ دلواپسی huoli inquiétude דְאָגָה चिन्ता briga aggodalom kekhawatiran áhyggja preoccupazione 心配 걱정 nerimas bažas; raizes bimbang bezorgdheid bekymring, engstelse troska ansiedade nelinişte беспокойство znepokojenie zaskrbljenost briga oro ความกังวล endişe, kaygı 擔心 турбота, хвилювання اضطراب ، بے چینی sự lo lắng 担心

3 a business a shoe-manufacturing concern. firma, saak; onderneming, besigheid مُؤَسَّسَه تِجارِيَّه работа podnik, koncern virksomhed; foretagende; koncern das Unternehmen επιχείρηση negocio ettevõte, kontsern شرکت؛ موسسه بازرگانی yritys, konserni entreprise עֵסֶק व्यापार posao vállalkozás perusahaan fyrirtæki ditta, impresa 会社 사업 koncernas, įmonė koncerns; uzņēmums perniagaan bedrijf forretning, foretak, virksomhet przedsiębiorstwo firma concern, firmă предприятие podnik podjetje koncern företag, koncern ธุรกิจ şirket, kuruluş, firma 企業 концерн, підприємство تجارتی واسطہ doanh nghiệp 企业

prep conˈcerning

about He wrote to me concerning a business arrangement. rakende, aangaande, betreffende, met betrekking tot, omtrent, nopens بِخُصوص относно ohledně, o angående; vedrørende betreffs σχετικά με referente a, con respecto a asjus در مورد jotakin koskeva, jostakin à propos de בְּנוֹגֵע ל- के बारे में u vezi sa illetőleg tentang varðandi riguardo a ～に関して ...에 관하여 apie, dėl attiecībā uz; kas attiecas uz berkaitan betreffende med hensyn til, vedrørende, angående, om odnośnie a respeito de în legătură cu относительно o v zvezi z u vezi sa beträffande เกี่ยวกับ hakkında, ...ile ilgili olarak 關於 відносно, щодо متعلق về 关于

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