noun
- Something that interests you because it is important or affects you.
- usage: "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
- An anxious feeling.
- usage: "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
- A feeling of sympathy for someone or something.
- usage: "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
- Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness.
- usage: "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
- A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.
- usage: "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"
verb
- Be relevant to.
- usage: "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
- Be on the mind of.
- usage: "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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