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Concerned Deeply Safety Adjective Bre Kənˈsɜːnd Kənˈsɜːrnd Parents

Word concerned
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / kənˈsɜːnd / NAmE / kənˈsɜːrnd /
Example
  • concerned parents held a meeting.
  • the president is deeply concerned about this issue.
  • he didn't seem in the least concerned for her safety.
  • she was concerned that she might miss the turning and get lost.
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concerned

(adjective)BrE / kənˈsɜːnd / NAmE / kənˈsɜːrnd /
  1. worried and feeling concern about something
    • Concerned parents held a meeting.
    • The President is deeply concerned about this issue.
    • He didn't seem in the least concerned for her safety.
    • She was concerned that she might miss the turning and get lost.
    • a very nervous girl
  2. interested in something
    • They were more concerned with how the other women had dressed than with what the speaker was saying.
  3. used to give your personal opinion on something
    • As far as I am concerned, you can do what you like.

    Extra Examples

    • Doctors are concerned at the prospect of heart patients having to wait up to a year for surgery.
    • Mathematics is concerned essentially with understanding abstract concepts.
    • She was not unduly concerned by the prospect of managing on her own.
    • Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture.
    • The leadership was concerned at the perceived failure to find a solution,
    • We are now deeply concerned for his safety.
    • I was rather concerned at the severity of the punishment.
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