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concerned

[kuhn-surnd]

adjective

  1. interested or affected.

    concerned citizens.

  2. troubled or anxious.

    a concerned look.

  3. having a connection or involvement; participating.

    They arrested all those concerned in the kidnapping.



concerned

/ kənˈsɜːnɪdlɪ, kənˈsɜːnd /

adjective

  1. (postpositive) interested, guilty, involved, or appropriate

    I shall find the boy concerned and punish him

  2. worried, troubled, or solicitous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • concernedly adverb
  • concernedness noun
  • underconcerned adjective
  • DzˈԱԱ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of concerned1

First recorded in 1650–60; concern + -ed 2
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But charity Shelter Cymru said it was concerned some people could slip through the net, adding that the stakes for people in need of social homes were high.

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I’ve been marching since 1987 for a million different reasons, so I changed it to today because he was concerned about the curfew and then he still didn’t come.

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Senior figures in Whitehall are concerned negotiations are reaching a crunch point this week, when an order for fresh raw materials needs to be placed in order to keep the blast furnaces going.

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"Our service users are very concerned, we are very concerned," she said.

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But the seven-time world champion, a vegan and well-known animal lover, was more concerned with the "horrible" death of the groundhog.

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