concernverb
uk/kənˈsɜːn/us/kənˈsɝːn/concern verb (WORRY)
C1 [ T ] to cause worry to someone:
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- We're now going to turn to an issue that concerns us all - racism.
- His attitude concerns me.
- The poor state of the fire escapes concerned me greatly.
- It concerned them that no doctor was available.
- Does it concern you that your children are out after dark?
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Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- bite
- catch up with sb
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- dread
- flap
- frighten sb/sth away/off
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- harass
- suspenseful
- sweat
- tense
- troubling
- unnerve
- unsettling
- weigh
- weigh on sb/sth
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concern verb (INVOLVE)
B2 [ T ] to be important to someone or to involve someone directly:
B2 [ T ] formal If a story, film, or article concerns a particular subject, person, etc., it is about that person or subject:
to become involved with something, or worried about something:
something you write at the start of a formal letter or notice when you do not know exactly who it should be sent to
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- 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.
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- apply
- associate
- associated
- bond
- connection
- context
- interconnected
- interplay
- interrelate
- interrelationship
- kindred
- tar sb with the same brush idiom
- the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
- tie (sth) in
- tie-in
- tie-up
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concernnoun
uk/kənˈsɜːn/us/kənˈsɝːn/concern noun (WORRY)
B2 [ C or U ] a worried or nervous feeling about something, or something that makes you feel worried:
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- 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.
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Anxiety and worry - general words
- agitation
- angst
- apprehension
- consternation
- discomfit
- discomfort
- nerve
- oppression
- overwork
- panic attack
- perturbation
- preoccupation
- restive
- strain
- tizzy
- trepidation
- uneasiness
- vexation
- willie
- yip
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concern noun (BUSINESS)
[ C ] a company:
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Enterprises
- acquirer
- acquiror
- agency
- airline
- answering service
- auction house
- collective
- consultancy
- enterprise
- est
- establishment
- firm
- fragmented
- franchise
- outfit
- plc
- private company
- private practice
- Pty
- public company
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concern noun (IMPORTANT TO)
B2 [ C or U ] something that is important to you, or the fact of being important:
[ C or U ] something that involves or affects you or is important to you:
to be important:
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Anxiety and worry - general words
- agitation
- angst
- apprehension
- consternation
- discomfit
- discomfort
- nerve
- oppression
- overwork
- panic attack
- perturbation
- preoccupation
- restive
- strain
- tizzy
- trepidation
- uneasiness
- vexation
- willie
- yip
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