What's The Definition Of Concern?
[n] something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
[n] something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
[n] a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
[n] an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
[n] 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"
[v] be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"
[v] be on the mind of; "What is worrying you?"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Concern: bear on |
business |
business concern |
business organisation |
business organization |
care |
come to |
fear |
headache |
occupy |
pertain |
refer |
relate |
touch |
touch on |
vexation |
worry |
worry
Related Terms | Find terms related to Concern: absorb |
academic discipline |
academic specialty |
accent |
accommodatingness |
activities |
activity |
affair |
affairs |
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agency |
agitate |
agitation |
agreeableness |
ail |
aktiebolag |
Aktiengesellschaft |
all-overs |
angst |
answer to |
anticipation |
anxiety |
anxiety hysteria |
anxiety neurosis |
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anxious concern |
anxious seat |
anxiousness |
appertain to |
applicability |
application |
applied science |
apply to |
appositeness |
apprehension |
apprehensiveness |
area |
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art |
atelier |
attention |
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attract |
awareness |
bag |
barbershop |
basis |
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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 |
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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 |
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doubt |
draw in |
dread |
dubiety |
duty |
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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 |
TLC |
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
See Also | affair |
affairs |
affect |
agency |
anxiety |
apply |
brokerage |
bugaboo |
burden |
business |
business firm |
carrier |
center |
center on |
chain |
common carrier |
concentrate on |
corp |
corporation |
dealership |
division |
earth |
earthly concern |
encumbrance |
enterprise |
fellow feeling |
firm |
focus on |
franchise |
go for |
hold |
house |
incumbrance |
interest |
interest |
involve |
involvement |
load |
maker |
manufacturer |
manufacturing business |
matter |
matter to |
negative stimulus |
onus |
part |
partnership |
personal business |
point of honor |
processor |
regard |
revolve about |
revolve around |
shipbuilder |
softheartedness |
solicitousness |
solicitude |
sympathy |
tenderness |
thing |
underperformer |
world |
worldly concern
Concern In Webster's Dictionary
\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.
Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those
things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. --Acts
xxviii. 31.
Our wars with France have affected us in our most
tender interests, and concerned us more than those
with any other nation. --Addison.
It much concerns a preacher first to learn The
genius of his audience and their turn. --Dodsley.
Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is
concerned. --J. F.
Cooper.
2. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good
prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
They think themselves out the reach of Providence,
and no longer concerned to solicit his favor.
--Rogers.
\Con*cern"\, v. i.
To be of importance. [Obs.]
Which to deny concerns more than avails. --Shak.
\Con*cern"\, n.
1. That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.
The private concerns of fanilies. --Addison.
2. That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest;
moment.
Mysterious secrets of a high concern. --Roscommon.
3. Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard;
solicitude; anxiety.
O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns And gentle
wishes follow me to battle. --Addison.
4. (Com.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its
business; as, a banking concern.
{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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