concern

Pronunciation: /kənˈsɝn/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun something that interests you because it is important or affects you
  2. noun an anxious feeling
  3. noun a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).

In classic literature

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
interest
Narrower (hyponyms)
worldly concern, personal business, matter, part, point of honor

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