vverb.stativebe relevant toSynset:bear on come to concern have to do with pertain refer relate touch touch on
Examples:- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
Derivationally Related Form:pertinencyreferencepertinencepertinent
Inherited Hypernyms:refer
Direct Hyponyms:affectapplycentercenter onconcentrate onfocus ongo forholdinterestinvolvematter toregardrevolve aboutrevolve around
Full Troponyms:applyfocus ongrabimplicateintrigueinvolvematter to
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Something is ---ing PP (apply to: pertain, refer, relate)
vverb.stativebe on the mind ofSynset:concern interest occupy worry
Examples:- I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift
Derivationally Related Form:interestoccupationconcern
Inherited Hypernyms:concern
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The bad news will --- him (apply to: interest, worry, concern, occupy)
adjadj.allfeeling or showing worry or solicitudeExamples:- concerned parents of youthful offenders
- was concerned about the future
- we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand
- greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child
Antonyms:unconcerned
Inherited Hypernyms:concerned
Similar to:afraid afraid haunted obsessed preoccupied taken up solicitous
See also:attentive troubled
adj satadj.allinvolved in or affected by or having a claim to or share inSynset:interested
Examples:- a memorandum to those concerned
- an enterprise in which three men are concerned
- factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics
- the interested parties met to discuss the business
Antonyms:uninvolved
Inherited Hypernyms:concerned
Similar to:involved
adj satadj.allculpably involvedSynset:implicated
Examples:- all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified
- named three officials implicated in the plot
- an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime
Antonyms:uninvolved
Inherited Hypernyms:implicated
Similar to:involved