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