concern
Nouns
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(n) something that interests you because it is important or affects you
- the safety of the ship is the captain's concern
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(n) an anxious feeling
- care had aged him
- they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction
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(n) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something
- She felt strong concern for those less fortunate
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(n) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness
- New York traffic is a constant concern
- it's a major worry
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(n) 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
Verbs
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(v) be relevant to
- There were lots of questions referring to her talk
- My remark pertained to your earlier comments
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(v) be on the mind of
- I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift