concern
verb
uk
/kənˈsɜːn/ us
/kənˈsɝːn/concern verb (WORRY)
[ + that ] It concerns me that he hasn't been in contact.
- afflictive
- alarming
- alarmingly
- bite
- catch up with someone phrasal verb
- disturb
- flurry
- frighten someone/something away/off phrasal verb
- get in someone's head idiom
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give someone the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- oppressive
- rattle
- roost
- stressful
- stressfully
- stressor
- suspenseful
- suspensefully
concern verb (INVOLVE)
Matters of pollution and the environment concern us all.
What I have to say to Amy doesn't concern you.
B2 [ T ] formal
The documentary concerns a woman who goes to China as a missionary.
- be aboutWhat is the story about?
- have (got) to do withWhat's that got to do with it?
- relate toThat relates to what I was saying earlier about the need for reform.
- concernThe film concerns the complicated nature of marriage.
- coverWe will cover the passive voice later in the course.
- deal withWe will deal with the use of antidepressants in chapter three.
concern yourself
concern yourself with There's no need for you to concern yourself with what happened.
I concern myself with general policy rather than operational details.
At this point there's no need to concern ourselves with the differences between the two theories.
She doesn't care about popularity or concern herself with what other artists are doing.
- Trigonometry concerns the functions of angles, such as sine, cosine and tangent.
- How I choose to vote does not concern you.
- The documentary concerns the eating habits of Britain's teenagers.
- I didn't go to the meeting because nothing on the agenda seemed to concern me.
- I'll answer any questions that specifically concern this week's homework.
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to something phrasal verb
- applicable
- around
- collateral
- contextual
- ecosystem
- interconnect
- interconnected
- interconnectedness
- interconnection
- intercorrelate
- liaise
- pertinent to something
- pertinently
- rank correlation
- recouple
- recoupling
- weld
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concern
noun
uk
/kənˈsɜːn/ us
/kənˈsɝːn/concern noun (WORRY)
B2 [ C or U ]
[ + that ] My concern is that you're not getting enough work done.
express a concern
voice a concern She voiced a concern about the ethical implications of the new software.
address a concern They promised to take action to address our concerns about the safety of the equipment.
safety concerns
security concerns
health concerns
Synonyms
- Drug trafficking is a matter of considerable concern for the entire international community .
- Continued fighting in the city is causing great concern.
- The recent drop in magazine subscriptions is causing some concern.
- There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct.
- There is general concern about rising crime rates.
concern noun (BUSINESS)
a family concern
going concern It started slowly, but the company is now a going concern (= doing business effectively).
concern noun (IMPORTANT TO)
- a matter of concern idiom
- agita
- agitation
- agitative
- angst
- anti-stress
- anxiety attack
- cold sweat
- get the jitters
- heebie-jeebies
- jitters
- main concern
- nerve
- stage fright
- stress response
- stress-related
- suspense
- tenseness
- tension
- willie
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