'Concern' definitions:
Definition of 'concern'
(from WordNet)
noun
Something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
noun
An anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" [syn: concern, care, fear]
noun
A feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" [ant: unconcern]
noun
Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" [syn: concern, worry, headache, vexation]
noun
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" [syn: business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation]
verb
Be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with]
verb
Definition of 'Concern'
From: GCIDE
- Concern \Con*cern"\, v. i. To be of importance. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Which to deny concerns more than avails. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Concern'
From: GCIDE
- 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 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. [1913 Webster]
- Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. --Acts xxviii. 31. [1913 Webster]
- Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- It much concerns a preacher first to learn The genius of his audience and their turn. --Dodsley. [1913 Webster]
- Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned. --J. F. Cooper. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects. [1913 Webster]
- They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor. --Rogers. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Concern'
From: GCIDE
- 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 of a high concern. --Roscommon. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety. [1913 Webster]
- O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns And gentle wishes follow me to battle. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Com.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern. [1913 Webster]
- The whole concern, all connected with a particular affair or business.
- Syn: Care; anxiety; solicitude; interest; regard; business; affair; matter; moment. See Care. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'concern'
From: GCIDE
- Going \Go"ing\, p. pr. of Go. Specif.: (a) That goes; in existence; available for present use or enjoyment; current; obtainable; also, moving; working; in operation; departing; as, he is of the brightest men going; going prices or rate. (b) Carrying on its ordinary business; conducting business, or carried on, with an indefinite prospect of continuance; -- chiefly used in the phrases
- a going business,
- concern, etc. (c) Of or pertaining to a going business or concern; as, the going value of a company. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Goiter
Synonyms of 'concern'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absorb,
- academic discipline,
- academic specialty,
- accent,
- accommodatingness,
- activities,
- activity,
- affair,
- affairs,
- affect,
- affect the interest,
- agency,
- agitate,
- agitation,
- agreeableness,
- ail,
- aktiebolag,
- Aktiengesellschaft,
- all-overs,
- angst,
- answer to,
- anticipation,
- anxiety,
- anxiety hysteria,
- anxiety neurosis,
- anxious bench,
- anxious concern,
- anxious seat,
- anxiousness,
- appertain to,
- applicability,
- application,
- applied science,
- apply to,
- appositeness,
- apprehension,
- apprehensiveness,
- area,
- arena,
- art,
- atelier,
- attention,
- attentiveness,
- attract,
- awareness,
- bag,
- barbershop,
- basis,
- be about,
- 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,
- charge,
- 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,
- domain,
- doubt,
- draw in,
- dread,
- dubiety,
- duty,
- echo,
- 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