concern. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

concern

SYLLABICATION:	con·cern
PRONUNCIATION:	kn-sûrn
VERB:	Inflected forms: con·cerned, con·cern·ing, con·cerns
TRANSITIVE VERB:	1. To have to do with or relate to: an article that concerns the plight of homeless people. 2. To be of interest or importance to: This problem concerns all of us. 3. To engage the attention of; involve: We concerned ourselves with accomplishing the task at hand. 4. To cause anxiety or uneasiness in: The firm's weak financial posture is starting to concern its stockholders.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:	Obsolete To be of importance.
NOUN:	1. A matter that relates to or affects one. See synonyms at affair. 2. Regard for or interest in someone or something. 3. A troubled or anxious state of mind arising from solicitude or interest. See synonyms at anxiety. 4. A business establishment or enterprise; a firm. 5. A contrivance; a gadget.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English concernen, from Old French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernere, from Late Latin, to mingle together : Latin com-, com- + Latin cernere, to sift; see krei- in Appendix I.


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