Definition of concer
1. concern [ v ] be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to
Examples:
"What's this novel all about?"
"There were lots of questions referring to her talk"
(The New York Times,...)
Other items on the agenda during the meetings , which are expected to continue through Saturday , concern television , rules changes , professional football 's hall_of_fame , players ' benefits and constitutional amendments .
(Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)
When we arrive_at the events concerned in the vanished majority , they , of_course , cannot impress us as anything familiar .
(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)
Historians have come to recognize two cardinal facts concerning nationalism and international influence .
(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)
It is these other differences between North and South - other , that_is , than those which concern discrimination or social_welfare - which I chiefly discuss herein .
(Frank Oppenheimer, "Science and Fear-- A Discussion...)
In the physical_sciences , these achievements concern electricity , chemistry , and atomic_physics .
Synonyms concern refer pertain relate come_to touch bear_on touch_on Related Terms involve apply focus_on matter_to allude applicability2. concern [ v ] be on the mind of
Examples:
"I worry about the second Germanic consonant"
(The New York Times,...)
The President was especially concerned about the deadlock in the nuclear test ban negotiations at Geneva .
There was reason to believe that Premier_Khrushchev was also concerned about a possible spread of nuclear_weapons , particularly to Communist_China .
(St. Louis Post-Dispatch,...)
The_British government , concerned about the threat of unemployment in the shipbuilding_industry , had put_through a bill to give Cunard loans and grants totaling $ 50400000 toward the $ 84000000 cost of a new 75000 - ton passenger liner .
(The Christian Science Monitor,...)
The fact that Sloan was an extrovert , concerned primarily with what he saw , adds greatly to the value of his art as a human chronicle .
(Time magazine, 77:3...)
What concerns him much more is the relationship of diet to the nation 's No. 1 killer : coronary_artery disease , which accounts_for more_than half of all heart fatalities and kills 500000 Americans a year - twice the toll from all varieties of cancer , five times the deaths from automobile accidents .
Synonyms concern interest occupy worry Related Terms preoccupy interest occupation3. concern [ n ] something that interests you because it is important or affects you
Examples:
"the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)
Now time is also the concern of the fictional narrative , which is , at its simplest , the story of an action with , usually , a beginning , a middle , and an end - elements which demand time as the first condition for their existence .
(Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)
Had the situation been reversed , had , for_instance , England been the enemy in 1898 because of issues of concern chiefly to New_England , there is little doubt that large_numbers of Southerners would have happily put_on their old Confederate uniforms to fight as allies of Britain .
(J. H. Hexter, "Thomas More: On the Margins...)
To others whose concern it is to penetrate the significance of Christian_Humanism , the Renaissance elements are of primary concern .
To others whose concern it is to penetrate the significance of Christian_Humanism , the Renaissance elements are of primary concern .
The concern of Utopia is with the optimo reipublicae statu , the best ordering of a civil society ; and it is again_and_again made clear that Utopian communism provides the institutional array indispensable to that best ordering .
Synonyms concern Related Terms interest part matter worldly_concern personal_business point_of_honor4. concern [ n ] an anxious feeling
Examples:
"care had aged him"
"they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
(William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)
Aside_from a quaint concern with witches and devils which provides the immediate problem in the opening scene , it is a quite normal community .
The conversation of the characters creates an atmosphere suggesting the usual mixture of pleasures , foibles , irritations , and concerns which would characterize the common life of a normal village in any age .
The tragic irony of the play is that the very belief in and concern with a devil who could be met in the woods and combatted with formulae set_out in books was the very thing that prevented them from detecting the real devil when he came among them .
(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)
Naturally , such scholarly facts are of little concern to the man trying to make money or fan patriotism by means of folklore .
(Joyce O. Hertzler, American Social Institutions;...)
His religious_beliefs provide him with plausible explanations for many conditions which cause him great concern , and his religious faith makes possible fortitude , equanimity , and consolation , enabling him to endure colossal misfortune , fear , frustration , uncertainty , suffering , evil , and danger .
Synonyms concern fear care Related Terms anxiety fear5. concern [ n ] something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
Examples:
"New York traffic is a constant concern"
"it's a major worry"
(John Michael Ray, "Rhode Island's Reactions...)
The Newport_Mercury exhibited more concern over the possibility of the abolitionists making a martyr of Brown than it did over the development of sympathy for him .
Synonyms worry headache concern vexation Related Terms negative_stimulus business burden bugaboo worry worry6. concern [ n ] a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
Examples:
"She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
(Harry Olesker, Impact....)
And now she was feeling sick , both from concern about Stanley and hunger .
Synonyms concern Related Terms unconcern sympathy solicitude softheartedness7. concern [ n ] a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it
Examples:
"he bought his brother's business"
"a small mom-and-pop business"
"a racially integrated business concern"
(Handbook of Federal Aids to Communities. U.S. Dep...)
Many such loans have been made to establish small concerns or to aid in their growth , thereby contributing substantially to community development programs .
Synonyms business business_concern concern business_organization business_organisation Related Terms enterprise corporation firm manufacturer agency partnership processor carrier chain conglomerate underperformer franchise brokerage shipbuilder division shipping_room commercial_enterpriseSimilar Spelling
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