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| con·cern [ kən súrn ] |
noun (plural con·cerns) |
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1. worry: worry, or a cause of worry
  His condition is giving rise to concern.
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2. caring feelings: a feeling of worry, compassion, sympathy, or regard for somebody or something
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3. relevant affair: a matter that affects somebody or that somebody has the right to be involved with
It's no concern of yours.
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4. business: a commercial enterprise
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5. object: a gadget or trivial object
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transitive verb (past and past participle con·cerned, present participle con·cern·ing, 3rd person present singular con·cerns) |
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1. make somebody worried: to give somebody an uneasy or anxious feeling
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2. be interesting or important to somebody: to have a direct effect on, or be a matter of significance to, somebody or something
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3. involve somebody: to require somebody to be involved with something, or get involved with or interested in something
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4. be on subject of something: to be about a particular topic
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| [Late 14th century. Via French< late Latin concernere, literally "sift together" < Latin cernere "sift"] |
