transcription, транскрипция: [ kənsɜ:(r)n ]
( concerns, concerning, concerned)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Concern is worry about a situation.
The group has expressed concern about reports of political violence in Africa...
The move follows growing public concern over the spread of the disease...
There is no cause for concern.
N-UNCOUNT : oft N prep , N that
2.
If something concerns you, it worries you.
The growing number of people seeking refuge in Thailand is beginning to concern Western aid agencies...
It concerned her that Bess was developing a crush on Max.
VERB : no cont , V n , it V n that
• con‧cerned
Academics and employers are deeply concerned that students are not sufficiently prepared mathematically for university courses.
...a phone call from a concerned neighbor.
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ about/for n , ADJ that
3.
A concern is a fact or situation that worries you.
His concern was that people would know that he was responsible...
Unemployment was the electorate’s main concern.
= worry
N-COUNT : usu with poss
4.
Someone’s concern with something is their feeling that it is important.
...a story that illustrates how dangerous excessive concern with safety can be.
N-VAR : oft N with n
5.
Someone’s concerns are the things that they consider to be important.
Feminism must address issues beyond the concerns of middle-class whites.
N-COUNT : usu with poss
6.
Concern for someone is a feeling that you want them to be happy, safe, and well. If you do something out of concern for someone, you do it because you want them to be happy, safe, and well.
Without her care and concern, he had no chance at all...
He had only gone along out of concern for his two grandsons.
N-VAR : oft poss N
7.
If you concern yourself with something, you give it attention because you think that it is important.
I didn’t concern myself with politics...
VERB : V pron-refl with n
• con‧cerned
The agency is more concerned with making arty ads than understanding its clients’ businesses.
ADJ : v-link ADJ with n
8.
If something such as a book or a piece of information concerns a particular subject, it is about that subject.
The bulk of the book concerns Sandy’s two middle-aged children...
Chapter 2 concerns itself with the methodological difficulties.
VERB : no cont , V n , V pron-refl with n
• con‧cerned
Randolph’s work was exclusively concerned with the effects of pollution on health.
ADJ : v-link ADJ with n
9.
If a situation, event, or activity concerns you, it affects or involves you.
It was just a little unfinished business from my past, and it doesn’t concern you at all.
VERB : no cont , V n
• con‧cerned
It’s a very stressful situation for everyone concerned...
I believe he was concerned in all those matters you mention.
ADJ : n ADJ , v-link ADJ in/with n
10.
If a situation or problem is your concern , it is something that you have a duty or responsibility to be involved with.
The technical aspects were the concern of the Army...
I would be glad to get rid of them myself. But that is not our concern.
= affair, business
N-SING : with poss
11.
You can refer to a company or business as a concern , usually when you are describing what type of company or business it is. ( FORMAL BUSINESS )
If not a large concern, Queensbury Nursery was at least a successful one.
N-COUNT : oft supp N
12.
You can say ‘ as far as I’m concerned ’ to indicate that you are giving your own opinion.
As far as I’m concerned the officials incited the fight.
PHRASE : PHR with cl
13.
You can say as far as something is concerned to indicate the subject that you are talking about.
As far as starting a family is concerned, the trend is for women having their children later in life.
PHRASE : PHR with cl
14.
If a company is a going concern , it is actually doing business, rather than having stopped trading or not yet having started trading. ( BUSINESS )
The receivers will always prefer to sell a business as a going concern.
PHRASE : N inflects , oft as PHR , v-link PHR
15.
If something is of concern to someone, they find it worrying and unsatisfactory.
Any injury to a child is a cause of great concern to us...
The survey’s findings are a matter of great concern.
PHRASE : oft PHR to n
16.
If something is of concern to you, it is important to you.
How they are paid should be of little concern to the bank as long as they are paid.
PHRASE : oft PHR to n