Concerned Deeply I Adjective Kənˈsɜːnd Kənˈsɜːrnd Citizens Huge

• 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.

concerned

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.