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Concerned Deeply I Adjective Kənˈsɜːnd Kənˈsɜːrnd Citizens Huge

Word3 concerned
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic /kənˈsɜːnd/ /kənˈsɜːrnd/
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  • concerned citizens can have a huge impact.
  • concerned parents/residents/parents/locals
  • the president is deeply concerned about this issue.
  • we are extremely concerned about her.
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concerned

(adjective)/kənˈsɜːnd/ /kənˈsɜːrnd/
  1. worried and feeling concern about something/somebody
    • Concerned citizens can have a huge impact.
    • concerned parents/residents/parents/locals
    • The president is deeply concerned about this issue.
    • We are extremely concerned about her.
    • He didn't seem in the least concerned for her safety.
    • We were concerned for his welfare.
    • I told him but he didn't seem overly concerned (= he was not very concerned)
    • She was concerned that she might miss the turning and get lost.
    • Local residents are concerned over the impact of the project.
    • I was rather concerned at the severity of the punishment.
    • Her parents are growing increasingly concerned by her erratic behaviour.
    • a concerned look/glance

    Extra Examples

    • She was not unduly concerned by the prospect of managing on her own.
    • The leadership was concerned at the perceived failure to find a solution.
    • Doctors are concerned at the prospect of heart patients having to wait up to a year for surgery.
    • We are now deeply concerned for his safety.
    • Concerned parents held a meeting.
  2. affected by something; involved in something
    • The loss was a tragedy for all concerned.
    • Where our children's education is concerned, no compromise is acceptable.
    • The individuals concerned have some explaining to do.
    • The meetings were often embarrassing for all concerned.
    • Everyone who was directly concerned in (= had some responsibility for) the incident has now resigned.
  3. interested in something; dealing with something
    • The public is increasingly concerned with how food is produced.
    • Mathematics is concerned essentially with understanding abstract concepts.

    Extra Examples

    • Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture.
    • You shouldn't be concerned with what they think.
    • They were more concerned with how the other women had dressed than with what the speaker was saying.
  4. to think it is important to do something
    • She was concerned to write about situations that everybody could identify with.
  5. used to give your personal opinion on something
    • As far as I am concerned, you can do what you like.
  6. used to give facts or an opinion about a particular aspect of something
    • She's doing fine as far as French is concerned, it's her German I'm worried about.
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