Dictionary

concern en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kənˈsɝn/ (General-American)
• /kənˈsɜːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
   • We drove back to the office with some concern 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. 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
   • Mark’s health was of great concern to Connie.
   • Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier’s team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals. 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2012:
2. (countable, uncountable) The placement of interest or worry on a subject.
   • Most people in Australia have no concern for the recent events in London.
3. (countable, uncountable) A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.
   • The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications. 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2023, page 26:
   • Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the document.
4. (countable, uncountable) The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
   • Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.
   • 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 of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed. 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
5. (countable, uncountable) A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
   • Then I remembered there was a big concern, a Company for trade on that river. 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:
   • The employees’ attitude is really hurting the concern.
   • a going concern
   • Soon after he ascended the throne, an Arabic television joint venture between the BBC and a Saudi concern, Orbit Communications, foundered over the BBC’s insistence on editorial independence. 2001 November 18, Fouad Ajami, “What the Muslim World Is Watching”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2019, retrieved 26 Jul 2014:
6. (countable, uncountable) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
   • At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern. 2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page 148:

Forms

Antonyms

unconcern

Deriveds

misconcern · overconcern · concernment · book concern · dual-use research of concern · concernworthy · nonconcern · underconcern · concern troll · unconcernment · separation of concerns · concern group · microconcern

Synonyms

trouble · care · interest

Translations (114)

ro îngrijorare (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · tr önyargı (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · la fabula (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · bg грижа (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · bg концерн (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · gd suim (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · ru конце́рн (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · ca preocupació (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · no uro (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · tr cesaretsizlik (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ur فکر (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · fi huoli (a worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem) · uk занепоко́єння (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · cs podnik (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · fr souci (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · cmn 康采恩 (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · sv oro (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · tk alada (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · nl zaak (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · ru забо́та (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · pt preocupação (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · tr endişe (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · no konsern (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · sh бри̏га (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · hi समुत्थान (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · bg загриженост (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · izh vaiva (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · bg интерес (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · ru забо́та (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · de Anliegen (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ru беспоко́йство (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · sq shqetësim (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · sq shqetësim (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · ca preocupació (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · nl zorg (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · nl zorg (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · got 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · no selskap (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · mi whakatāuteute (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ka ზრუნვა (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · tr özen (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · pt preocupação (a worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem) · he דאגה (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · no bekymring (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ka ზრუნვა (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · de Sorge (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · de Konzern (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · pt apreensão (a worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem) · txb snauki (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · fr inquiétude (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · uk турбо́та (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · pl koncern (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · fr soin (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · ja 注意事項 (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · la fabula (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · ro preocupare (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ro frământare (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ro întreprindere (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · ja 題目 (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ja 心配事 (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · it impresa (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · da Bekymring (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · fi yritys (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · no bekymring (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · bn উদ্বেগ (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · da bekymring (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · gd suim (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · it interesse (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · got 𐌺𐌰𐍂𐌰 (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · es concernencia (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ltg klopati (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · fr préoccupation (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · bg мисъл (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · pdt Angst (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · es preocupación (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · la fabula (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · sh koncern (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · fr souci (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · grc ἐπιμέλεια (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · de Besorgnis (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · ro concern (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · izh hooli (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ka დარდი (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · fi konserni (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · ca consternació (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · tr şaşkınlık (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · uk конце́рн (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · sh brȉga (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ka კონცერნი (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · pt preocupação (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · es negocio (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · ja コンツェルン (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · fi huoli (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · grc ἐπιμέλεια (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · fkv huoli (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · pt reserva (a worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem) · tr kaygı (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · fi huoli (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · es empresa (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · pt negócio (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · nl belangstelling (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · bn পরোয়া (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · ur تشویش (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · es concernencia (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · es interés (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · it preoccupazione (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · bg загриженост (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · fi asia (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · nl onderneming (business, firm or enterprise; a company) · de Sorge (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · bn উদ্বেগ (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · de Betroffenheit (the expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person) · eo zorgo (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness) · lv raizes (that which affects one’s welfare or happiness)

concern en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /kənˈsɝn/ (General-American)
• /kənˈsɜːn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
   • 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 am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could. 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
   • Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Acts xxviii:31:
   • ignorant, so far as the usual instruction was concerned 1821, James Fenimore Cooper, The Spy:
   • our wars with France have always affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those we have had with any other nation 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation:
2. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
   • 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 that concern me.[…]” 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:
   • They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favour. a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency adjusted and recommended:
   • A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.
3. (transitive) To make somebody worried.
   • I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic.

Forms

Deriveds

overconcern · concernable · to those it may concern · to whom this may concern · as far as I'm concerned · to whom it may concern

Translations (88)

el αφορώ (to relate to or be of importance to) · eo temi (to relate to or be of importance to) · de anbelangen (to relate to or be of importance to) · da vedrøre (to relate to or be of importance to) · it preoccupare (to make somebody worried) · it turbare (to make somebody worried) · da bekymre (to make somebody worried) · ar هَمَّ (to make somebody worried) · de betreffen (to relate to or be of importance to) · es concernir (to relate to or be of importance to) · he הדאיג (to make somebody worried) · de angehen (to relate to or be of importance to) · bg касая (to relate to or be of importance to) · it concernere (to relate to or be of importance to) · pdc aabelange (to relate to or be of importance to) · pt concernir (to relate to or be of importance to) · ka შემხებლობა (to relate to or be of importance to) · ro îngrijora (to make somebody worried) · es tocar (to relate to or be of importance to) · fi koskea (to relate to or be of importance to) · pl martwić (to make somebody worried) · pl tyczyć (to relate to or be of importance to) · sv oroa (to make somebody worried) · nl zich inlaten (to relate to or be of importance to) · ga bain le (to relate to or be of importance to) · ja 心配させる (to make somebody worried) · sh до̀тицати (to relate to or be of importance to) · de sorgen (to make somebody worried) · ru волнова́ть (to make somebody worried) · sh dòticati (to relate to or be of importance to) · sv bekymra (to make somebody worried) · de anlangen (to relate to or be of importance to) · nl ongerust maken (to make somebody worried) · ro preocupa (to relate to or be of importance to) · sh dòtaći (to relate to or be of importance to) · uk стосува́тись (to relate to or be of importance to) · el πρόκειται (to relate to or be of importance to) · fr inquiéter (to make somebody worried) · pl dotyczyć (to relate to or be of importance to) · ca preocupar (to make somebody worried) · bg засягам (to relate to or be of importance to) · no angå (to relate to or be of importance to) · fi liittyä (to relate to or be of importance to) · gmw-cfr aabelange (to relate to or be of importance to) · de beunruhigen (to make somebody worried) · ru занима́ть (to make somebody worried) · oc preocupar (to make somebody worried) · de anbetreffen (to relate to or be of importance to) · es respectar (to relate to or be of importance to) · la attingō (to relate to or be of importance to) · it riguardare (to relate to or be of importance to) · pt preocupar (to make somebody worried) · bg отнасям се до (to relate to or be of importance to) · eo rilati (to relate to or be of importance to) · nl belang hechten aan (to relate to or be of importance to) · cs trápit (to make somebody worried) · gsw aagaa (to relate to or be of importance to) · ru беспоко́ить (to make somebody worried) · ca concernir (to relate to or be of importance to) · bg обезпокоявам (to make somebody worried) · el ανησυχώ (to make somebody worried) · eo koncerni (to relate to or be of importance to) · ja 関係する (to relate to or be of importance to) · vi làm cho lo ngại (to make somebody worried) · ar خَصَّ (to relate to or be of importance to) · sh до̀таћи (to relate to or be of importance to) · es atañer (to relate to or be of importance to) · nl verontrusten (to make somebody worried) · es referirse a (to relate to or be of importance to) · sv angå (to relate to or be of importance to) · fi huolestuttaa (to make somebody worried) · nrf concèrner (to relate to or be of importance to) · es preocupar (to make somebody worried) · it interessare (to relate to or be of importance to) · sq shqetësoj (to make somebody worried) · de kümmern (to make somebody worried) · fr préoccuper (to make somebody worried) · it inquietare (to make somebody worried) · cy ymwneud (to relate to or be of importance to) · ka ეხება (to relate to or be of importance to) · fr interesser (to relate to or be of importance to) · pt ter a ver com (to relate to or be of importance to) · mi utiuti (to make somebody worried) · ga bain do (to relate to or be of importance to) · fr toucher (to relate to or be of importance to) · cs znepokojovat (to make somebody worried) · ru каса́ться (to relate to or be of importance to) · fr concerner (to relate to or be of importance to)