Term: concern
concern (noun) /kənˈsɜːn/
Similar to: worry; anxiety; interest; matter; consideration
Definition: a feeling of worry or care about a situation; or something that is important to you.
Translation: bažas, rūpes, interese, jautājums
(verb) /kənˈsɜːn/
Similar to: affect; involve; touch; worry; bother
Definition: to relate to or be about something; or to make someone feel worried. Translation: attiekties, uztraukt, interesēt
Examples:
noun – “The doctor expressed concern about the patient’s high blood pressure.” “The safety of the children is our primary concern.” “It is no concern of mine what they decide to do with their money.”
verb – “This new law will concern everyone who owns a small business.” “The report concerns the latest developments in renewable energy.” “It concerns me that he hasn’t called to say he arrived safely.”
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
concern (verb)transitive verb
1.
a) to relate to be about - the novel concerns three soldiers
b) to bear on
2.
to have an influence on - involve , also to be the business or affair of - the problem concerns us all
3.
to be a care, trouble, or distress to - her ill health concerns me
4.
intransitive verb
- engage occupy he concerns himself with trivia obsolete to be of importance - matter
1.
a) marked interest or regard usually arising through a personal tie or relationship
b) an uneasy state of blended interest, uncertainty, and apprehension
2.
something that relates or belongs to one - affair it's no concern of yours
3.
matter for consideration
4.
an organization or establishment for business or manufacture - a banking concern
5.
- contrivance gadget care
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
concern (noun)1.
a commercial or industrial activity or organization
SYNONYMS:
business, company, concern, establishment, firm, house, interest, outfitRELATED WORDS:
conglomerate, corporation, multinational; association, cartel, chain, combine, syndicate, trust; agency, dealer, outlet; microenterprise2.
an uneasy state of mind usually over the possibility of an anticipated misfortune or trouble
SYNONYMS:
agita, agitation, anxiousness, apprehension, apprehensiveness, care, concern, concernment, disquiet, disquietude, fear, nervosity, nervousness, perturbation, solicitude, sweat, unease, uneasiness, worryRELATED WORDS:
strain, stress, tension; alarm ( alarum), anguish, consternation, desperateness, desperation, discomfort, discomposure, dismay, distraction, distress, disturbance, edginess, franticness, hand-wringing, jitters, jumpiness, panic, tremor; angst, fearfulness, torment, upset, vexation; cold feet, doubt, dread, foreboding, incertitude, misgiving, presentiment, suspense, uncertainty; compunction, qualm, scrupleNEAR ANTONYMS:
calm, calmness, content, contentment, ease, easiness, peace, peacefulness, placidity, placidness, quiet, quietude, sereneness, serenity, tranquillity ( tranquility), tranquilness; comfort, consolation, relief, solace1.
to have (something) as a subject matter
SYNONYMS:
cover, deal (with), pertain (to), treat (of)RELATED WORDS:
appertain (to), bear (on upon), refer (to), relate (to); advert (to), allude (to), cite, glance (upon), instance, mention, name, note, notice, quote, specify, touch (upon); offer, present; contain, embrace, encompass, entail, include, incorporateNEAR ANTONYMS:
exclude, omit; disregard, forget, ignore, neglect, overlook, overpass, pass over, slight, slur (over); brush (aside off), reject, shrug off2.
to be the business or affair of
SYNONYMS:
affect, involve, touchRELATED WORDS:
appertain (to), apply (to), bear (on), pertain (to), refer (to), relate (to); embroil, ensnare, entangle, implicate3.
to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy
SYNONYMS:
agitate, ail, alarm ( alarum), bother, concern, derail, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distemper, distract, distress, exercise, flurry, frazzle, freak (out), fuss, hagride, perturb, undo, unhinge, unsettle, upset, weird out, worryRELATED WORDS:
aggravate, anger, annoy, bug, chafe, chivy ( chivvy), exasperate, fret, gall, get, grate, harass, harry, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, pester, pique, put off, put out, rile, vex; bedevil, haunt, plague; abash, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, jar, mortify, nonplus, rattle, shake up; daunt, demoralize, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, unnerveNEAR ANTONYMS:
allay, alleviate, assuage; appease, conciliate, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate