concernment
Also found in:Thesaurus.
con·cern·ment
(kən-sûrn′mənt)n.
1. A matter that is of concern.
2. Reference, relation, or importance.
3. Anxiety; worry.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
concernment
(kənˈsɜːnmənt)n
1.rare affair or business; concern
2.archaic a matter of importance
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
con•cern•ment
(kənˈsɜrn mənt)n.
1. importance or moment.
2. relation or bearing.
3. anxiety or solicitude.
4. a thing in which one is involved or interested.
5. interest; involvement.
[1600–10]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Switch to new thesaurus
concernment
noun1.The fact of being related to the matter at hand:
2.The quality or state of being important:
3.Curiosity about or attention to someone or something:
The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Want to thank TFD for its existence?Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visitthe webmaster's page for free fun content.
Link to this page:
Flashcards & Bookmarks?
Flashcards?
My bookmarks?
Mentioned in?
References in classic literature?
Now having a night, a day, and still another night following before me in New Bedford, ere I could embark for my destined port, it became a matter ofconcernment where I was to eat and sleep meanwhile.
But, says an old writer, "he was so busied, belike about matters of higherconcernment, that Spenser received no reward."* In the long-run, however, he did receive 50 pounds a year, as much as
But when to their feminine rage the indignation of the people is added, when the ignorant and the poor are aroused, when the unintelligent brute force that lies at the bottom of society is made to growl and mow, it needs the habit of magnanimity and religion to treat it godlike as a trifle of noconcernment.
A collector recently bought at public auction, in London, for one hundred and fifty-seven guineas, an autograph of Shakspeare; but for nothing a school-boy can read Hamlet and can detect secrets of highestconcernment yet unpublished therein.
And thus, though surrounded by circle upon circle of consternations and affrights, did these inscrutable creatures at the centre freely and fearlessly indulge in all peacefulconcernments; yea, serenely revelled in dalliance and delight.
HRH the Premier's patronage of the 2018 Government Forum in its third edition mirrors His Royal Highness'sconcernment with continuity of modernization and development of Government Action performance to achieve the Kingdom's aspired goals through his directives and constant keenness towards implementation of government projects and programmes that positively impact on the homeland's growth, prosperity and achievement of the citizens' aspirations.
(This, as he indicated in his introduction, is neither outlined in great detail nor applied in scenarios.) In Kurun's mind, while religion seems to have lost much of its influence in various disciplinary realms, it perhaps is still the primary basis forconcernment with morality and, relatedly, politics.
Theconcernment of T wave alternans with cardiomyopathy identifies the vulnerability of these patients to ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death.
(14) Christopher Blackwood, A Treatise Concerning Deniall of Christ: A subject of most highconcernment for all those who intend to follow Christ (London, 1648; Wing: B3104).
Dictionary browser?
- ▲
- conception vessel
- conceptional
- Conceptionalist
- conceptious
- conceptism
- conceptive
- conceptual
- conceptual art
- conceptual semantics
- conceptualisation
- conceptualise
- conceptualism
- conceptualist
- conceptualistic
- conceptuality
- conceptualization
- conceptualize
- conceptualizer
- conceptually
- conceptus
- concern
- concernancy
- concerned
- concernedly
- concerning
- concernment
- concert
- concert band
- concert dance
- concert grand
- concert hall
- Concert of Europe
- Concert of the powers
- concert overture
- concert party
- concert pianist
- concert piano
- concert pitch
- concert tour
- concert tuning
- concertante
- Concertation
- Concertative
- concerted
- concerted music
- Concerted piece
- Concertgebouw
- concertgoer
- concert-goer
- concertgoing
- concertina
- ▼
Full browser?
- ▲
- Concerned Parents of Gwinnett
- Concerned People Opposed to War in Iraq
- Concerned Residents against Airport Pollution
- Concerned Residents of East Gippsland
- Concerned Residents of Southeast
- Concerned Residents of Upper Ardoyne
- Concerned River Valley Citizens
- Concerned Roman Catholics of America
- Concerned South African Group
- Concerned Taxpayers of Lincoln County
- Concerned United Birthparents
- Concerned Vermonters for Equal Educational Opportunity
- Concerned Women Donors to AIDS
- Concerned Women for America
- Concerned Women for Family Development
- Concerned Women for Family Planning
- Concerned Women Political Action Committee
- concernedly
- concernedly
- concernedness
- concernedness
- concerning
- concerning
- concerning
- concerning
- Concerning Christian Liberty
- Concerning Christian Liberty
- Concerning Christian Liberty
- concerningly
- concerningly
- concernment
- concernments
- concerns
- concerns
- concerns
- Concerns About Epilepsy Monitoring Questionnaire
- Concerns of Police Survivors
- Concerns Resolution Board
- Concerns, Priorities and Resources
- Concerns-Based Adoption Model
- concert
- concert
- concert
- concert
- Concert (music)
- Concert (music)
- Concert Association of Florida
- concert band
- concert band
- concert band
- Concert Band of Northwest Pennsylvania
- Concert Bands
- Concert Bells of Fort Worth
- concert dance
- Concert Frame Relay Service
- Concert Frame Relay Services
- concert grand
- concert grand
- concert grands
- Concert Group Logistics LLC
- concert hall
- ▼