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Noun concern has 5 senses
- concern - something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
--1 is a kind of interest, involvement
--1 has particulars:
- concern, care, fear - an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
--2 is a kind of anxiety
- business, concern, business concern, business organization, business organisation - 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"
--3 is a kind of enterprise
--3 has members: division
--3 has particulars:
- concern, worry, headache, vexation - something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
--4 is a kind of negative stimulus
--4 has particulars:
- concern - a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
--5 is a kind of sympathy, fellow feeling
Antonyms: unconcern
--5 has particulars: solicitude, solicitousness; softheartedness, tenderness
Verb concern has 2 senses
- refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on - have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- concern, interest, occupy, worry - be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant"
Sample sentence:
The bad news will concern him
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