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Meaning of 'concern' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Concern [ n.]
- That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.
- That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.
- Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.
- Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern.
2 . Concern [ v. i.]
- To be of importance.
3 . Concern [ v. t.]
- To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
- To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.

Meaning of 'concern' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . concern [ n]
Meaning (1):
- a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
Example in sentence:
  • a racially integrated business concern;
  • a small mom-and-pop business;
  • he bought his brother's business
Meaning (2):
- an anxious feeling
Example in sentence:
  • care had aged him;
  • they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
Meaning (3):
- something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
Example in sentence:
  • it's a major worry;
  • New York traffic is a constant concern
Meaning (4):
- a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
Example in sentence:
  • She felt strong concern for those less fortunate
Meaning (5):
- something that interests you because it is important or affects you
Example in sentence:
  • the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
6 . concern [ v]
Meaning (6):
- be on the mind of
Example in sentence:
  • I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
Meaning (7):
- be relevant to
Example in sentence:
  • My remark pertained to your earlier comments;
  • There were lots of questions referring to her talk

Nearby Words:

con con- conacre conarium conation conative conatus concamerate concameration concatenate

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