English noun: concern | |||
1. | concern (cognition) something that interests you because it is important or affects you | ||
Samples | The safety of the ship is the captain's concern. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | interest, involvement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | affair, affairs, earth, earthly concern, matter, part, personal business, personal matters, point of honor, thing, world, worldly concern | ||
2. | concern (feeling) an anxious feeling | ||
Samples | Care had aged him. They hushed it up out of fear of public reaction. | ||
Synonyms | care, fear | ||
Broader (hypernym) | anxiety | ||
3. | concern (feeling) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something | ||
Samples | She felt strong concern for those less fortunate. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fellow feeling, sympathy | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | softheartedness, solicitousness, solicitude, tenderness | ||
Antonyms | unconcern | ||
4. | concern (cognition) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness | ||
Samples | New York traffic is a constant concern. It's a major worry. | ||
Synonyms | headache, vexation, worry | ||
Broader (hypernym) | negative stimulus | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bugaboo, burden, business, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, onus | ||
5. | concern (group) a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it | ||
Samples | He bought his brother's business. A small mom-and-pop business. A racially integrated business concern. | ||
Synonyms | business, business concern, business organisation, business organization | ||
Broader (hypernym) | enterprise | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | agency, brokerage, business firm, carrier, chain, common carrier, dealership, firm, franchise, house, maker, manufacturer, manufacturing business, partnership, processor, shipbuilder, underperformer | ||
Member holonym | division | ||
Domain category | business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise | ||
Domain category members | shipping room | ||
English verb: concern | |||
1. | concern (stative) be relevant to | ||
Samples | There were lots of questions referring to her talk. My remark pertained to your earlier comments. | ||
Synonyms | bear on, come to, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | affect, apply, center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, go for, hold, interest, involve, matter to, regard, revolve about, revolve around | ||
Verb group | advert, allude, touch | ||
2. | concern (stative) be on the mind of | ||
Samples | I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift. | ||
Examples | The bad news will concern him | ||
Synonyms | interest, occupy, worry | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||