VERB | stative | concern, refer, pertain, relate, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with | be relevant to |
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stative | concern, interest, occupy, worry | be on the mind of | |
NOUN | cognition | concern | something that interests you because it is important or affects you |
feeling | concern, care, fear | an anxious feeling | |
feeling | concern | a feeling of sympathy for someone or something | |
cognition | concern, worry, headache, vexation | something or someone that causes anxiety | |
group | concern, business, business concern, business organization, business organisation | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it |
Sounds | kahnser'n | |
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Rhymes | adjourn ... yearn: 61 rhymes with ern... |
Meaning | Something that interests you because it is important or affects you. | |
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Example | "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" | |
Narrower | matter, affair, thing | A vaguely specified concern |
part | That which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation | |
personal business, personal matters, affairs | Matters of personal concern | |
point of honor | A concern that seriously reflects on your honor | |
worldly concern, earthly concern, world, earth | The concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife | |
Broader | interest, involvement | A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something |
Spanish | inquietud, interés, preocupación | |
Catalan | inquietud, preocupació |
Meaning | An anxious feeling. | |
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Synonyms | care, fear | |
Broader | anxiety | A vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune |
Spanish | cuidado, inquietud, miedo, preocupación, temor | |
Catalan | inquietud, por, preocupació, temor | |
Verbs | concern | be on the mind of |
Meaning | A feeling of sympathy for someone or something. | |
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Example | "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" | |
Narrower | softheartedness, tenderness | A feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless) |
solicitude, solicitousness | A feeling of excessive concern | |
Broader | sympathy, fellow feeling | Sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish) |
Opposite | unconcern | A feeling of lack of concern |
Spanish | afecto | |
Catalan | afecte |
Meaning | Something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness. | |
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Example | "New York traffic is a constant concern" | |
Synonyms | worry, headache, vexation | |
Narrower | bugaboo | A source of concern |
burden, load, encumbrance, incumbrance, onus | An onerous or difficult concern | |
business | A rightful concern or responsibility | |
Broader | negative stimulus | A stimulus with undesirable consequences |
Spanish | preocupación, quebradero de cabeza, quebradero | |
Catalan | inquietud, maldecap, preocupació | |
Verbs | concern | be on the mind of |
Meaning | Be relevant to. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | refer, pertain, relate, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with | |
Narrower | apply, hold, go for | Be pertinent or relevant or applicable |
focus on, center on, revolve around, revolve about, concentrate on, center | Center upon | |
involve, affect, regard | Connect closely and often incriminatingly | |
matter to, interest | Be of importance or consequence | |
Similar to | allude, touch, advert | make a more or less disguised reference to |
Spanish | atañer, concernir, incumbir, palpar, referirse, referir, relatar, respectar, tocar, tratarse | |
Catalan | concernir, incumbir, palpar, pertocar, referir-se, referir, relatar, tocar, tractar-se |
Meaning | Be on the mind of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | The bad news will concern him | |
Synonyms | interest, occupy, worry | |
Spanish | aficionar, interesar, ocupar, preocupar | |
Catalan | aficionar, interessar, ocupar, preocupar | |
Nouns | concern | something or someone that causes anxiety |
concern | an anxious feeling |
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