Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchconcerner, fromMedieval Latinconcernō, concernere(“I distinguish, have respect to”), fromLatinconcernō(“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form ofcon- +cernō(“distinguish”).

• (General American)IPA^(key):/kənˈsɝn/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/kənˈsɜːn/

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• Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ)n
• Hyphenation:con‧cern

concern (countable anduncountable,pluralconcerns)

1. That which affects one’swelfare or happiness. A matter of interestto someone.

   Synonym:interest

   Antonym:unconcern

   Mark’s health was of greatconcern to Connie.

   • 1897 December (indicated as1898),Winston Churchill, chapter II, inThe Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.:The Macmillan Company; London:Macmillan & Co., Ltd.,→OCLC:

     We drove back to the office with someconcern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines.

   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, inBBC Sport:

     Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of littleconcern to Gerard Houllier’s team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals.

2. The placement of interest or worry on a subject.

   Most people in Australia have noconcern for the recent events in London.

3. A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.

   Let me know if you have any questions orconcerns about the document.

4. The expression ofsolicitude,anxiety, orcompassion toward a thing or person.

   Judy's eyes filled withconcern as she listened to the news report.

   • 1907 January,Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, inThe Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen,→OCLC:

     Appleby[…] rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression ofconcern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed.

6. Abusiness,firm orenterprise; acompany.

   The employees’ attitude is really hurting theconcern.

   agoingconcern

   • 1899 February,Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, inBlackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […],→OCLC, part I,page198:

     Then I remembered there was a bigconcern, a Company for trade on that river.

   • 2001 November 18, Fouad Ajami, “What the Muslim World Is Watching”, inThe New York Times‎^[1], retrieved26 July 2014:

     Soon after he ascended the throne, an Arabic television joint venture between the BBC and a Saudiconcern, Orbit Communications, foundered over the BBC’s insistence on editorial independence.

7. (programming) Any set ofinformation that affects thecode of acomputer program.
   • 2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit,Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page148:

     At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements aconcern.

• “concern”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “concern”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.

concern (third-person singular simple presentconcerns,present participleconcerning,simple past and past participleconcerned)

1. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be ofimportance to.
   • 1611,The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker, […],→OCLC,Actsxxviii:31:

     Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things whichconcern the Lord Jesus Christ.

   • 1708,Joseph Addison,The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation:

     our wars with France have always affected us in our most tender interests, andconcerned us more than those we have had with any other nation

   • 1821,James Fenimore Cooper,The Spy:

     ignorant, so far as the usual instruction wasconcerned

   • 1915,G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, inGossamer, New York, N.Y.:George H. Doran Company,→OCLC:

     As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I amconcerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.

2. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.

   A good princeconcerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.

   • a.1729,John Rogers,A Sufficiency adjusted and recommended:

     They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longerconcerned to solicit his favour.

   • 1935,George Goodchild, chapter 3, inDeath on the Centre Court:

     It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all thatconcern me. […]”

3. (transitive) To make somebodyworried.

   I’mconcerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic.

• (to be of importance to): See alsoThesaurus:pertain

FromEnglishconcern.

concern

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese)concern(clarification of this definition is needed)

concern

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to beconcerned about
   • 2022,王晉熙,粵語忌諱現象的語言學研究, page155:

     呢個都有啲世代之爭嘅，我覺得老人家就唔係個個都concern，後生更加唔會啦，可能真係好老嗰啲先會。[Hong Kong Cantonese,trad.]
     呢个都有啲世代之争嘅，我觉得老人家就唔系个个都concern，后生更加唔会啦，可能真系好老嗰啲先会。[Hong Kong Cantonese,simp.]

     ni¹ go³ dou¹ jau⁵ di¹ sai³ doi⁶ zi¹ zang¹ ge³, ngo⁵ gok³ dak¹ lou⁵ jan⁴ gaa¹ zau⁶ m⁴ hai⁶ go³ go³ dou¹kon⁶ soen¹, hau⁶ sang¹ gang³ gaa¹ m⁴ wui⁵ laa¹, ho² nang⁴ zan¹ hai⁶ hou² lou⁵ go² di¹ sin¹ wui⁵.[Jyutping]

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• 關心／关心 (guānxīn)

Borrowed fromEnglishconcern.

• IPA^(key):/kɔnˈsʏrn/

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• Hyphenation:con‧cern
• Rhymes:-ʏrn

concern n (pluralconcerns,diminutiveconcerntje n)

1. company,business,concern

• chemieconcern

Borrowed fromEnglishconcern.

concern n (pluralconcerne)

1. concern(organization)