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v. To have to do with or relate to: an article that concerns the plight of homeless people.

v. To be of interest or importance to: This problem concerns all of us.

v. To engage the attention of; involve: We concerned ourselves with accomplishing the task at hand.

v. To cause anxiety or uneasiness in: The firm's weak financial posture is starting to concern its stockholders.

verb-intransitive. Obsolete To be of importance.

n. A matter that relates to or affects one. See Synonyms at affair.

n. Regard for or interest in someone or something.

n. A troubled or anxious state of mind arising from solicitude or interest. See Synonyms at anxiety.

n. A business establishment or enterprise; a firm.

n. A contrivance; a gadget.

n. That which affects one's welfare or happiness

n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.

n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

v. To be of importance to.

v. To make somebody worried.

v. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

v. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.

verb-intransitive. To be of importance.

n. That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.

n. That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.

n. Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.

n. Persons connected in business; a firm and its business.

To relate or pertain to; have an intimate relation to or connection with.

To affect the interest of; have interest for; be of importance to.

To interest; busy; occupy; engage: used reflexively or in the passive voice: as, to concern one's self in the affairs of others; I was not concerned in that transaction.

To disturb; make uneasy or anxious; cause disquiet to; trouble: generally in the past participle: as, to be deeply concerned about the safety of a friend.

To confuse with drink; slightly intoxicate: in the past participle.

Synonyms To interest, touch, affect.

n. That which relates or pertains to one; matter of concernment; business; affair.

n. Interest; matter of importance; that which affects one's welfare or happiness.

n. Solicitous regard; solicitude; anxiety; agitation or uneasiness of mind; disturbed state of feeling; trouble.

n. An establishment or firm for the transaction of business; a manufacturing or commercial establishment; a business house.

n. A material object, especially one that is complicated or large; a contrivance: with a touch of depreciation.

n. Synonyms Solicitude, etc. (see care); Concern at, about, for (see unconcerned); carefulness, thoughtfulness.

n. something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness

v. be on the mind of

n. a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

n. an anxious feeling

n. something that interests you because it is important or affects you

v. be relevant to

n. a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it

"The republicans main concern is how to make the country fail under Obama."

concerned    concerning    concerns   

anxiety   

apply    concentrate on    matter to    center on    hold    involve    regard    revolve around    affect    center   

interest    solicitude    affair    matter    moment    anxiety    care    regard    business    thing   

Bern    Berne    Fern    Hearn    Herne    Kern    Laverne    Stern    Sterne    Verne   

anxiety    sympathy    consideration    emotion    responsibility    interest    fear    attention    need    problem