concern
verb
[ kənˈsəːn ]
• relate to; be about.
• "the story concerns a friend of mine"
Similar:
be about,
deal with,
cover,
treat,
have to do with,
discuss,
tell of,
go into,
examine,
scrutinize,
study,
review,
analyse,
relate to,
be connected with,
pertain to,
appertain to,
regard,
• make (someone) anxious or worried.
• "the roof of the barn concerns me because eventually it will fall in"
Similar:
worry,
disturb,
trouble,
bother,
perturb,
unsettle,
make anxious,
distress,
upset,
agitate,
cause disquiet to,
disquiet,
concern
noun
• anxiety; worry.
• "Carole gazed at her with concern"
Similar:
anxiety,
worry,
disquiet,
disquietude,
apprehension,
apprehensiveness,
unease,
uneasiness,
perturbation,
consternation,
distress,
agitation,
worriment,
solicitude,
consideration,
solicitousness,
care,
sympathy,
thought,
regard,
caringness,
concernment,
• a matter of interest or importance to someone.
• "housing is the concern of the Housing Executive"
Similar:
responsibility,
business,
affair,
charge,
duty,
job,
task,
occupation,
area of activity,
area of interest,
province,
preserve,
department,
sphere,
problem,
worry,
lookout,
pigeon,
baby,
bag,
funeral,
headache,
bailiwick,
interest,
importance,
be relevant to,
have relevance for,
have a bearing on,
be applicable to,
• a business.
• "the town's only travel agent was a small, debt-ridden concern"
Similar:
company,
business,
firm,
enterprise,
venture,
organization,
operation,
undertaking,
industry,
corporation,
establishment,
house,
shop,
office,
bureau,
agency,
franchise,
practice,
partnership,
consortium,
cooperative,
conglomerate,
group,
combine,
syndicate,
outfit,
set-up,
• a complicated or awkward object.
Origin:
late Middle English: from French concerner or late Latin concernere (in medieval Latin ‘be relevant to’), from con- (expressing intensive force) + cernere ‘sift, discern’.
