| concern | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. concern | something that interests you because it is important or affects you.; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" |
| ~ earthly concern, worldly concern, earth, world | the concerns of this life as distinguished from heaven and the afterlife.; "they consider the church to be independent of the world" |
| ~ affair, matter, thing | a vaguely specified concern.; "several matters to attend to"; "it is none of your affair"; "things are going well" |
| ~ affairs, personal business, personal matters | matters of personal concern.; "get his affairs in order" |
| ~ part | that which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation.; "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part" |
| ~ point of honor | a concern that seriously reflects on your honor. |
| ~ interest, involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something.; "an interest in music" |
| n. (feeling) | 2. care, concern, fear | an anxious feeling.; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" |
| ~ anxiety | a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune. |
| n. (feeling) | 3. concern | a feeling of sympathy for someone or something.; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" |
| ~ solicitousness, solicitude | a feeling of excessive concern. |
| ~ softheartedness, tenderness | a feeling of concern for the welfare of someone (especially someone defenseless). |
| ~ fellow feeling, sympathy | sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish). |
| n. (cognition) | 4. concern, headache, vexation, worry | something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness.; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" |
| ~ negative stimulus | a stimulus with undesirable consequences. |
| ~ bugaboo | a source of concern.; "the old bugaboo of inflation still bothers them" |
| ~ burden, encumbrance, onus, incumbrance, load | an onerous or difficult concern.; "the burden of responsibility"; "that's a load off my mind" |
| ~ business | a rightful concern or responsibility.; "it's none of your business"; "mind your own business" |
| n. (group) | 5. business, business concern, business organisation, business organization, concern | a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it.; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ shipping room | a room where goods are packaged and shipped. |
| ~ enterprise | an organization created for business ventures.; "a growing enterprise must have a bold leader" |
| ~ agency | a business that serves other businesses. |
| ~ brokerage | the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties. |
| ~ common carrier, carrier | a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages. |
| ~ chain | (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership. |
| ~ business firm, firm, house | the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments.; "he worked for a brokerage house" |
| ~ dealership, franchise | a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area. |
| ~ manufacturer, manufacturing business, maker | a business engaged in manufacturing some product. |
| ~ partnership | the members of a business venture created by contract. |
| ~ processor | a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market. |
| ~ shipbuilder | a business that builds and repairs ships. |
| ~ underperformer | a business that is less successful than expected. |
| ~ division | an administrative unit in government or business. |
| v. (stative) | 6. bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | be relevant to.; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" |
| ~ allude, advert, touch | make a more or less disguised reference to.; "He alluded to the problem but did not mention it" |
| ~ center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around | center upon.; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work" |
| ~ go for, apply, hold | be pertinent or relevant or applicable.; "The same laws apply to you!"; "This theory holds for all irrational numbers"; "The same rules go for everyone" |
| ~ involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly.; "This new ruling affects your business" |
| ~ matter to, interest | be of importance or consequence.; "This matters to me!" |
| v. (stative) | 7. concern, interest, occupy, worry | be on the mind of.; "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift" |
| about | | |
| adj. | 1. about, astir | on the move.; "up and about"; "the whole town was astir over the incident" |
| ~ active | characterized by energetic activity.; "an active toddler"; "active as a gazelle"; "an active man is a man of action" |
| adv. | 2. about, approximately, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some | (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct.; "lasted approximately an hour"; "in just about a minute"; "he's about 30 years old"; "I've had about all I can stand"; "we meet about once a month"; "some forty people came"; "weighs around a hundred pounds"; "roughly $3,000"; "holds 3 gallons, more or less"; "20 or so people were at the party" |
| adv. | 3. about, around | all around or on all sides.; "dirty clothes lying around (or about)"; "let's look about for help"; "There were trees growing all around"; "she looked around her" |
| adv. | 4. about, around | in the area or vicinity.; "a few spectators standing about"; "hanging around"; "waited around for the next flight" |
| adv. | 5. about, around | used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction.; "wandering about with no place to go"; "people were rushing about"; "news gets around (or about)"; "traveled around in Asia"; "he needs advice from someone who's been around"; "she sleeps around" |
| adv. | 6. about, around | in or to a reversed position or direction.; "about face"; "suddenly she turned around" |
| adv. | 7. about | in rotation or succession.; "turn about is fair play" |
| adv. | 8. about, almost, most, near, nearly, nigh, virtually, well-nigh | (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but.; "the job is (just) about done"; "the baby was almost asleep when the alarm sounded"; "we're almost finished"; "the car all but ran her down"; "he nearly fainted"; "talked for nigh onto 2 hours"; "the recording is well-nigh perfect"; "virtually all the parties signed the contract"; "I was near exhausted by the run"; "most everyone agrees" |
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