Concerned

Definition: Concerned

Concerned

Adjective

1. Feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child".

2. Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in; "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business".

3. In relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases; "as far as x is concerned"; "where x is concerned".

4. Culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "concerned" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Synonyms: Concerned

Pain

Concerned, sorry; sorrowing, sorrowful; cut up, chagrined, horrified, horror-stricken; in grief, plunged in grief, a prey to grief; Noun: in tears; (lamenting); steeped to the lips in misery; heart-stricken, heart-broken, heart-scalded; broken-hearted; in despair.

Crosswords: Concerned

Yes, but you needn't be concerned with that now. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

I'm looking for Wayne, I'm very concerned about him he seems to be going through a difficult phase right now, yah know. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers)

Let's try something new, because I know that most couples when they first get together are inclined to slam on the brakes because they're concerned about Bob Rumson's drool. (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

Captain, I'm concerned about this vessel. (The Guns of Navarone; writing credit: Alistair MacLean; Carl Foreman)

Well, why, Space Ghost, if you weren't concerned about your own dome, why would you be so concerned and perhaps envious of those who have a full head of hair? (Space Ghost Coast to Coast; writing credit: Ben Karlin)

Don't be too concerned (Honesty; performing artist: Billy Joel)

And as far as I'm concerned ("That's What Friends Are For"; performing artist: Dionne Warwick & Friends)

No the sweetness will not be concerned with me (Sweetness; performing artist: Jimmy Eat World)

More concerned with his rims and his Timbs than his women (Doo Wop (That Thing); performing artist: Lauryn Hill)

And I'm concerned, bout that he say, she say, did he say, what I think he said (#1; performing artist: Nelly)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Good Sports: The Concerned Parent's Guide to Competitive Youth Sports (The Art & Science of Coaching Series) (reference)

• Helping Your Chemically Dependent Teenager Recover: A Guide for Parents and Other Concerned Adults (reference)

• The Concerned Photographer 2: The Photographs of Marc Riboud, Dr. Roman Vishniac, Bruce Davidson, Gordon Parks, Ernst Haas, Hiroshi Hamaya, Donald mc (reference)

• The Consumer's Guide to Effective Environmental Choices: Practical Advice from the Union of Concerned Scientists (reference)

• When Someone You Love Is Wiccan: A Guide to Witchcraft and Paganism for Concerned Friends, Nervous Parents, and Curious Co-Workers (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Concerned Philosophers For Peace Newsletter (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Music

• Concerned Party #1 (reference)

• Concerned Party Number One [IMPORT] (reference)

• Deeply Concerned (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A catch of sardine in a trawl net. Prince Albert I was particularly concerned with the study of the sardine. Plate VI, print 11. In: "Results of the Scientific Campaigns of the Prince of Monaco." Vol. 89. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 50. Berget double deviation refractometer, developed and devised by the Frenchman Alphonse Berget, professor at the Oceanographic Institute. From about 1911 onward, he was concerned with developing an instrument to measure the density of a liquid at sea by a method that would not be affected by the ship's motion. He described the pictured instrument in 1925. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 60. Regnard apparatus for the study of the diffusion of oxygen in sea water. Concerned with the diffusion of air in sea water in still water, Doctor Paul Regnard, a French physiologist, invented this device based on an experiment by Julien Thoulet. He used the property that certain materials change their color in the presence of oxygen and described the device in 1891. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 64. Series of Thoulet's sieves for sorting sediment material of varying sizes on the top. On the bottom, various types of laboratory glass ware used by Thoulet in sediment studies. Thoulet was very concerned with the classificatio n of marine sediments beginning with his first interest in oceanography in 1885. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

... concerned with the cause and prevention of malnutrition in children. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by Paul Almasy..

So far as we are concerned, Agnes, the discussion is irrelevant : it is a place ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Center of action in "The Night before Christmas," opening Thursday. Forrest Orr, George Matthews, Louis Sorin and Phyllis Brooks are involved in the daffy proceedings. The comedy, by Laura and S.J. Perelman, is concerned with larceny. Credit: Library of Congress.

New Jersey Taxpayer's Federation and the Somerset County Concerned Taxpayers Committee present Hon. Walter L. Smith, Jr. : the taxpayer's friend. Credit: Library of Congress.

Voters -- if you are concerned about Israel, Russian Jewry, jobs (based on merit), a stable economy, join Concerned Citizens ... Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

To this I reply, The people shall be judge; for who shall be judge whether his trustee or deputy acts well, and according to the trust reposed in him, but he who deputes him, and must, by having deputed him, have still a power to discard him, when he fails in his trust? If this be reasonable in particular cases of private men, why should it be otherwise in that of the greatest moment, where the welfare of millions is concerned, and also where the evil, if not prevented, is greater, and the redress very difficult, dear, and dangerous? (Second Treatise of Government)

Clause 1: New States may be admitted by the Congress into this Union; but no new State shall be formed or erected within the Jurisdiction of any other State; nor any State be formed by the Junction of two or more States, or Parts of States, without the Consent of the Legislatures of the States concerned as well as of the Congress. (reference)

Each of the Powers concerned may appoint a secretary. (reference)

I agree with Mr. Bevin, the Foreign Secretary of Great Britain, that it might well be a fifty years Treaty so far as we are concerned. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1915)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Many solutions were suggested for the problem, but most of these were largely concerned with the movements of small green pieces of paper, which is odd because on the whole it wasn't the small green peices of paper that were unhappy.

He wished that all that concerned him should be done in a large way, even rascalities.

For my own part, I may truly affirm that I was less concerned than my nurse.

If it had concerned either of the political parties, depend upon it, it would have appeared in the Gazette with the earliest intelligence.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Any symptoms that you are concerned about. (references)

Often calls from concerned citizens are how outbreaks are first detected. (references)

It is natural for anyone facing cancer to be concerned about what the future holds. (references)

Business

The private citizen also is concerned about protection. (references)

End users are also concerned about the costs of bandwidth and access. (references)

The general public is concerned about tariff hikes after the privatization. (references)

Children

Sweden

The Government allocates funds to private organizations concerned with children's rights. (references)

India

It is gathering information on such cases and forwarding assessments to concerned NGO's and government entities. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The Kyrgyz Children's Fund (KCF) was concerned particularly about the growing number of street children, many of whom have left home because of abusive or alcoholic parents. (references)

Civil Liberties

Poland

Efforts continued during the year to reach a resolution acceptable to all concerned. (references)

Zimbabwe

The lead story in the burned issue concerned the construction of a new mansion for President Mugabe. (references)

Burma

In previous years, resignations from the NLD generally were coerced, according to the persons concerned. (references)

Discrimination

Bhutan

At the time, the Government claimed that it was concerned about the rapid population growth of and political agitation by the ethnic Nepalese. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

Local human rights groups are concerned that these laws often are not enforced, either as a result of institutionalized discrimination, or because resources for implementing those laws, or mechanisms for their enforcement, sometimes are lacking. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

The army is increasingly concerned about a growing problem of cultivation of illegal drugs. (references)

Human Rights

Maldives

Judges question the concerned parties and attempt to establish the facts of a case. (references)

Macedonia

Both the OSCE and EU missions remained concerned about human rights problems, among other issues. (references)

Yemen

The detention may continue while the concerned families negotiate compensation for the alleged wrongdoing. (references)

Indigenous People

Belize

The Maya have formed cultural councils and other groups to advance their interests, sometimes with the collaboration of NGO's concerned with environmental and indigenous issues. (references)

Botswana

The ultimatum highlights the fact that the Government has made little real progress since 1996 when international attention was focused on the problem of resettling Basarwa living in the CKGR. Both the Basarwa and the Government are seeking out concerned NGO's to assist with the resettlement process and to address the larger issue of improving the Basarwa's standard of living without sacrificing what remains of their traditional way of life. (references)

Minorities

Albania

Omonia is also concerned about the lack of access to Greek-language education. (references)

Political Economy

Brazil

The state governments concerned did not punish most perpetrators of these abuses effectively. (references)

Syria

The U.S. also remains concerned about possible Syrian acquisition of weapons of mass destruction. (references)

SWEDEN

Sweden participates in all relevant WTO codes concerned with government procurement, standards, etc. (references)

Political Rights

Ukraine

The OSCE also was concerned over pressure exerted on voters in prisons, hospitals, and educational institutions on behalf of President Kuchma. (references)

Bangladesh

Parliamentary committees are headed by M.P.'s rather than the ministers concerned, increasing the committees' effectiveness in overseeing government work. (references)

South Africa

Complaints primarily concerned posters being removed or defaced, individuals being threatened because of political affiliation, and other incidents of intimidation. (references)

Trade

Luxembourg

Every effort is made to help the enterprises concerned. (references)

Argentina

The Argentine authorities are concerned about over and under invoicing. (references)

Bahrain

For major projects, the concerned ministry extends invitations to select pre-qualified firms. (references)

Travel

Thailand

SPORTS or CREW (requiring letter from organization concerned). (references)

Brazil

The Brazilian buyer is also concerned with after-sales service provided by the exporter. (references)

Ireland

Irish buyers are concerned that after placing an order with an American supplier, the delivery date will not be honored. (references)

Women

Morocco

Women's groups also are concerned about the September 2002 elections. (references)

Venezuela

There are a number of NGO's concerned with domestic violence, sex education, and economic discrimination. (references)

Venezuela

However, the recommendations of these groups have not been implemented widely by the police or other concerned government agencies. (references)

Worker Rights

Ukraine

Winrock International reported 18,925 calls to its hot lines during the year; 15 percent concerned trafficking. (references)

China

Several experts are concerned that fewer monks will be qualified to serve as teachers in the future as a result. (references)

Zimbabwe

However, if a majority vote is obtained, the dispute is referred to the concerned government agency for resolution. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "concerned": as far as i am concerned ♦ as far as i concerned ♦ as far as i'm concerned ♦ be concerned ♦ be concerned about smth. ♦ be concerned in ♦ be concerned with ♦ be much concerned about smth. ♦ concerned parties ♦ parties concerned ♦ person concerned ♦ the parties concerned ♦ the person concerned ♦ Union of Concerned Scientists. Additional references.

Beginning with "concerned": concerned-but, concerned-for, concerned-looking.

Ending with "concerned": over-concerned.

Afrikaans

betrokke (in question). (various references)

Albanian

që ka lidhje (cognate), i shqetësuar (agitated, anxious, apprehensive, distempered, distraught, distressed, disturbed, fidgety, flurried, flustered, jittery, preoccupied, restless, troubled, troublous, uneasy, vexed, worried), i interesuar (interested). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مهموم (anxious, careworn, solicitous, troubled, uneasy, worried), ‏مهتم (attentive, heedful, interested, mindful, solicitous), ‏معني (interested, involved), ‏قلق (agitated, anxiety, anxious, apprehension, apprehensive, apprehensiveness, bother, concern, crankous, cranky, discomfort, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fearful, fidget, fidgety, freakish, fretful, ill at ease, inquietude, nervous, perturbation, perturbed, restless, restlessness, solicitous, solicitude, stew, streaked, suspense, sweat, toss, troubled, troublous, uneasiness, uneasy, unquiet, unrest, upset, worried, worry), ‏صاحب الشأن. (various references)

Bulgarian 

обезпокоен (disquiet, disturbed, troubled), засегнат (affected, pained, resentful, wounded), замесен (connected, involved), зает (busy, engaged, full, hired, occupied, wrapped up), заангажиран, заинтересован (interested). (various references)

Chinese 

關心 (caring), 掛念 , 关心 (Care, Cared, Caring, concern). (various references)

Czech

znepokojený (anxious, apprehensive, unhappy, upset, worried), ustaraný (careworn, drawn, troubled, worried). (various references)

Danish

pågældende (in question). (various references)

Dutch

desbetreffend (in question), bewust (aware, conscious, in question), betrokken (dismal, dreary, in question). (various references)

Esperanto

koncerna (in question). (various references)

Finnish

osallinen (interested, participant, partner, party), huolestunut (anxious, uneasy, worried). (various references)

French

concerné. (various references)

German

betraf (pertained), anbelangt (about, concerning, on, upon). (various references)

Greek 

ενδιαφερόμενοσ (interested), ανήσυχοσ (anxious, fidgety, restive, restless, squirmy, uneasy, unquiet, worried, worrisome). (various references)

Hebrew 

מו�"א�' (anxious, fretful, in a stew, troubled, uneasy, upset, worried), � ו�'ע ב�"בר (interested party, referent). (various references)

Hungarian

érdekelt (interested). (various references)

Indonesian

prihatin (apprehensive). (various references)

Italian

interessato (interested, prospective customer). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

関与 (being concerned in, participating in, participation, taking part in), 煩う (to be afflicted with, to be concerned about, to suffer from, to worry about), 構う (to be concerned about, to care about, to mind). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あたま�'いためる (to be concerned about), と�"じゃく (being concerned about or mindful of), とうじ�"く (countries concerned), とうじしゃ (interested party, person concerned), とうに�" (the one concerned, the said person), とうがいか�"ちょう (authorities concerned, proper authorities), となると (where ... is concerned), ときたら (concerning, where ... are concerned), エーコッコシー (someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment.), と�"ちゃく (being concerned about or mindful of), わずらう (to be afflicted with, to be concerned about, to fall ill, to suffer from, to worry about), がいとうしゃ (qualified, the person concerned), �"� わる (to be concerned about, to be particular about, to fuss over), いちどう (a ray, all concerned, all of us, all present, one building, one road), か�"けいか�"ちょう (government agencies concerned with ....), か�"よ (being concerned in, participating in, participation, taking part in), かまう (to be concerned about, to care about, to mind), にとって (as far as...is concerned, concerning, for, regarding, to), に�"いそうさ (search conducted with the consent of the party concerned), ぬかみそくさい (overly concerned with domestic affairs), うえ (above, after, as far as ... is concerned, authority, besides, emperor, far better, higher, hunger, influence of, lord, my dear, on top of, over, shogun, sovereign, starvation, summit, superior, surface, up, upon, upper part), あ�"ずる (to be anxious or concerned about, to consider, to fear, to investigate, to plan, to ponder). (various references)

Korean 

관지하�". (various references)

Manx

imneagh (anxious, nervous, scrupulous, uneasy, worried), boirit (agitated, bothered, confused, disturbed, edgy, embarrassed, grieved, perplexed, pestered, preoccupied, teased, vexed, woeful, worried), ayndagh (index). (various references)

Norwegian

bekymret. (various references)

Pig Latin

oncernedcay

Portuguese

interessado (interested). (various references)

Romanian

neliniştit (agitated, anxious, anxiously, broken, disquiet, fidgety, restive, restless, sorrowful, troubled, uneasily, uneasy, unquiet, unquietly, upset, worried), interesat (assign, interested, interestedly, mercantile, mercenary, selfish, self-seeking), îngrijorat (alarmed, anxious, auxious, careful, disquiet, restless, sorrowful, thoughtful, troubled). (various references)

Russian 

озабоченный (anxious, get teased about, preoccupied, worried), обеспокоенный (Alarmed), заинтересованный (interested). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zabrinut (anxious, preoccupied, solicitous, uneasy, worried, worrisome), dotični (respective). (various references)

Spanish

interesado (calculating, interested, mercenary, profit-seeking, selfish), en cuestón (in question), dicho (adage, byword, declaration, deposition, dictum, disclosure, elocution, exposure, expression, fiance, in question, joke, legitimate, remark, said, saw, saying, statement, term, word). (various references)

Swedish

vederbörande (proper, the person concerned), intresserad (be interested, interested), inblandad (interested, mixed up), anbelanga. (various references)

Turkish

meşgul (busy, engaged, engrossed, full, intent, occupied, up and doing), kaygılı (anxious, apprehensive, disconcerting, fearful, perturbed, worried), ilgili (about, anent, companion, connected, curious, germane, in regard to, interested, involved, pertinent, related, relative), ilgilenen (attendant), endişeli (anxious, apprehensive, distressed, doubting, fearful, ill at ease, obsessed, on edge, on the downbeat, overcast, perturbed, preoccupied, solicitous, suspenseful, uneasy, weighty, windy, worried), alakadar (gripped, in question, interested). (various references)

Ukrainian

що ма�" відношення, зацікавлений (engaged, interested), зайнятий (booked, busy, conversant, engaged, in work, occupied), занепоко�"ний (anxious, listening), причетний (privy). (various references)

Vietnamese 

có liên quan; có dính líu lo lắng, lo âu; quan tâm. (various references)

adhereas, adhereat, adhereatis, adhereatisque, adherebat, adherebit, adherebunt, adherent, adherentes, adherere, adhereret, adheret, adheretis, adheserit, adheserunt, adhesi, adhesit, sollicita, sollicite, solliciti, sollicitorum, sollicitum, sollicitus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "concerned": overconcerned, unconcerned. (additional references)

Words containing "concerned": unconcernedly, unconcernedness, unconcernednesses. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Concerned" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cancernet, concairned, concerne, concerner, concernes, Concorno, conerney, Konzerne, Roncerel. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: conceder.

-2 letters: coerced, concede, concern, encoder, encored.

-3 letters: coerce, conned, conner, corned, decern, donnee, encode, encore, neoned, recode, redone.

-4 letters: ceder, cered, codec, coden, coder, coned, cored, credo, creed, crone, decor, donee, donne, drone, ender, erode, nonce, recce, recon, redon.

-5 letters: cede, cere, cero, code, coed, cone, conn, cord, core, corn, croc, deco, deer, dene.

+2 letters: concentered, reconnected, reconvinced, unconcerned.

+3 letters: concentrated, crescendoing, unreconciled.

+4 letters: concertedness, deconcentrate, nonaccredited, overconcerned, unconcernedly, unconsecrated.

+5 letters: concentratedly, correspondence, correspondency, counterchanged, counterpunched, deconcentrated, deconcentrates, deconsecrating, deconsecration, disconcertment, interconnected, overconfidence, reconcentrated.