concern

concern
concern [n1] business, responsibility affair, burden, care, charge, company, corporation, deportment, entanglement, enterprise, establishment, field, firm, house, interest, involvement, job, jungle*, matter, megacorp*, mission, multinational, occupation, organization, outfit, shooting match*, task, thing, transaction, worry, zoo*; concepts 325,362,532 concern [n2] interest; anxiety apprehension, attention, bearing, care, carefulness, concernment, consideration, disquiet, disquietude, distress, heed, heedfulness, important matter, matter, reference, regard, relation, relevance, solicitude, tender loving care, unease, worry; concepts 410,690 —Ant. disinterest, unconcern concern [v1] affect personally apply to, bear on, become involved, be relevant to, bother, disquiet, distress, disturb, interest, involve, make anxious, make uneasy, pertain to, perturb, regard, take pains, touch, trouble, worry; concepts 7,19,22 concern [v2] relate to, have reference to answer to, appertain to, apply to, be about, be applicable to, bear on, bear upon, be connected with, be dependent upon, be interdependent with, belong to, be pertinent to, be well taken, deal with, depend upon, have a bearing on, have connections with, have implications for, have relation to, have significance for, have to do with, involve, pertain to, refer to, regard; concept 532 —Ant. unconcern

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  • concern — con‧cern [kənˈsɜːn ǁ ɜːrn] noun [countable] formal COMMERCE a business organization, usually a company: • the French defense and electronics concern, Matra SA going concern COM …   Financial and business terms

  • concern — CONCÉRN, concerne, s.n. Organizaţie complexă care reuneşte întreprinderi economice legate între ele prin activitatea lor, întreprinderile rămânând formal independente. – Din engl. concern. Trimis de Joseph, 16.05.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  concérn s.… …   Dicționar Român

  • concern — noun. In the meaning ‘anxiety, worry’, concern is normally followed by about, at, or over, or by a that clause: • Concern has been expressed at the manner in which the whole operation has been put together and actioned Rescue News, 1985 • ‘Big… …   Modern English usage

  • concern — vb Concern, affect are sometimes confused. Concern implies the bearing or influence, affect, the direct operation or action, of one thing on another; thus, a piece of legislation may concern (that is, have to do with, have reference or relation… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • concern — ► VERB 1) relate to; be about. 2) be relevant to; affect or involve. 3) make anxious or worried. ► NOUN 1) worry; anxiety. 2) a matter of interest or importance. 3) a business …   English terms dictionary

  • Concern — Con*cern , n. 1. That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair. [1913 Webster] The private concerns of fanilies. Addison. [1913 Webster] 2. That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment. [1913 Webster] Mysterious secrets… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Concern — may refer to: Worry, an emotion Concern (business), a German type of group company Concern (computer science), an abstract concept about program behavior Concern Worldwide, an Irish charity Concerned, a webcomic parodying the video game Half Life …   Wikipedia

  • concern — [kən sʉrn′] vt. [ME concernen < ML concernere, to perceive, have regard to, fig. use of LL concernere, to sift, mix, as in a sieve < L com , with + cernere, to sift, hence perceive, comprehend: see CRISIS] 1. to have a relation to or… …   English World dictionary

  • Concern — 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • concern — I (business establishment) noun business, company, corporation, establishment, firm, house, institution, organization associated concepts: partnership, proprietorship II (interest) noun anxiety, attention, care, concernment, consequen …   Law dictionary

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