Concerns Verb Kənˈsɜːn Kənˈsɜːrn Interfere Beginning Public Notice

• don't interfere in what doesn't concern you.
• to whom it may concern… (= used for example, at the beginning of a public notice or of a job reference about somebody’s character and ability)
• please pay attention because this information concerns all of you.
• the letter is for both of us, but it mainly concerns you.

concern

Verb Forms

1. to affect somebody/something; to involve somebody/something
• Don't interfere in what doesn't concern you.
• To whom it may concern… (= used for example, at the beginning of a public notice or of a job reference about somebody’s character and ability)
• Please pay attention because this information concerns all of you.
• The letter is for both of us, but it mainly concerns you.
2. to be about something
• The story concerns the prince's efforts to rescue Pamina.
• The book is primarily concerned with Soviet-American relations during the Cold War.
• My question concerns the way he handles the evidence.
• This chapter concerns itself with the historical background.

Extra Examples

• One major difference between these computers concerns the way in which they store information.
• The issue here concerns the way in which lexis and grammar relate to each other.
• The really important point concerns the effect on the worker.
3. to worry somebody
• SEE ALSO concerned
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/concerned
• What concerns me is our lack of preparation for the change.
• Fair use is one issue concerning most musicians.
• It concerns me that you no longer seem to care.
• It really concerns me that he doesn't eat properly.
4. to take an interest in something
• He didn't concern himself with the details.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from French concerner or late Latin concernere (in medieval Latin ‘be relevant to’), from con- (expressing intensive force) + cernere ‘sift, discern’.