concern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈsɝn/
ipa: /kənˈsɜːn/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)n
Forms: form: concerns
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).
Senses: examples: text: Mark’s health was of great concern to Connie.
text: 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.
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: interest
antonyms: unconcern
glosses: That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
examples: text: Most people in Australia have no concern for the recent events in London.
glosses: The placement of interest or worry on a subject.
examples: text: Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the document.
glosses: A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.
examples: text: Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.
text: 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.
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
synonyms: care
trouble
glosses: The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
examples: text: The employees’ attitude is really hurting the concern.
text: a going concern
text: Then I remembered there was a big concern, a Company for trade on that river.
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: 2001 November 18, Fouad Ajami, “What the Muslim World Is Watching”, in The New York Times, retrieved 26 Jul 2014:
glosses: A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
examples: text: At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern.
ref: 2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page 148:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
Derived terms: book concern
concernment
concern troll
concernworthy
dual-use research of concern
microconcern
misconcern
nonconcern
overconcern
separation of concerns
unconcernment
underconcern