CONCERNED

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does concerned mean? 

• CONCERNED (adjective)
  The adjective CONCERNED has 3 senses:

1. feeling or showing worry or solicitude

2. involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

3. culpably involved

  Familiarity information: CONCERNED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONCERNED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling or showing worry or solicitude

Context example:

greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child

Similar:

afraid (filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement)

afraid (feeling worry or concern or insecurity)

haunted; obsessed; preoccupied; taken up (having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something)

solicitous (full of anxiety and concern)

Also:

attentive ((often followed by 'to') giving care or attention)

troubled (characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need)

Antonym:

unconcerned (lacking in interest or care or feeling)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

Synonyms:

concerned; interested

Context example:

the interested parties met to discuss the business

Similar:

involved (connected by participation or association or use)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Culpably involved

Synonyms:

concerned; implicated

Context example:

an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime

Similar:

involved (connected by participation or association or use)

 Context examples 

If you have an emergency, however, act and don’t be concerned about Mercury retrograde.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

We are very, very concerned about the rate of warming in the Arctic," she said.

(World Meteorological Org.: Arctic Warming Appears Irreversible, VOA)

“Though we should be rightly concerned about the emergence of resistance overall for this condition, the benefits of the 10-day regimen greatly outweigh the risks.”

(No benefit to shortening ear infection treatment, NIH)

Any mothers concerned about their baby’s development in the womb should speak to their doctor before changing their diet or using supplements.

(Heart disease risk begins in the womb, University of Cambridge)

So far as other affairs were concerned, he had been in a trance.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

This is enough to say upon the subject of my diet, wherewith other travellers fill their books, as if the readers were personally concerned whether we fare well or ill.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Some, such as the Norwegian Local Radio Association, are concerned about the impact on motorists and the elderly.

(Norway start a complete switch-off of national FM radio stations, Wikipedia)

As far our brain is concerned, talking to ourselves in our heads may be fundamentally the same as speaking our thoughts out loud, new research shows.

(Talking to Ourselves And Voices in Our Heads, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Scientific discipline concerned with the development of methods and application of these methods to detect, identify, and quantify biological materials (e.g., proteins, nucleic acids, metabolites).

(Analytical Biochemistry, NCI Thesaurus)

The science concerned with the physical structure of animals and plants.

(Anatomical Sciences, NCI Thesaurus)