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concerned definition
concerned |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb concern 2 senses of concern Sense 1 refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on => focus on center on revolve around revolve about concentrate on center => apply, hold go for => involve, affect, regard => matter to interest Sense 2 concern, interest, occupy, worry => preoccupy Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb concern 2 senses of concern Sense 1 refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on => focus on center on revolve around revolve about concentrate on center => apply, hold go for => involve, affect, regard => implicate => matter to interest => intrigue, fascinate => grab, seize Sense 2 concern, interest, occupy, worry => preoccupy Entailment of verb concern Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb concern 2 senses of concern Sense 1 refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on Sense 2 concern, interest, occupy, worry Familiarity of verb concern concern used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb concern Sense 1 refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on -------------- Sense 2 concern, interest, occupy, worry -------------- Overview of verb concern The verb concern has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (56) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on -- (be about have to do with be relevant to refer, pertain, or relate to "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk") 2. (22) concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of "What is worrying you?") Overview of adj concerned The adj concerned has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (15) concerned -- (feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child") 2. (13) concerned, interested -- (involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business") 3. (2) concerned -- (in relation (or in regard) to especially as in the phrases; "as far as x is concerned"; "where x is concerned") 4. concerned, implicated -- (culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime") Antonyms of adj concerned 4 senses of concerned Sense 1 concerned (vs. unconcerned) unconcerned (vs. concerned) => blase => blithe => casual, insouciant, nonchalant => degage, detached, uninvolved => indifferent Sense 2 concerned, interested INDIRECT (VIA involved) -> uninvolved Sense 3 concerned INDIRECT (VIA related) -> unrelated Sense 4 concerned, implicated INDIRECT (VIA involved) -> uninvolved Similarity of adj concerned 4 senses of concerned Sense 1 concerned (vs. unconcerned) => afraid => afraid => haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(prenominal) => haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up(prenominal) => solicitous Also See-> attentive#1; troubled#1 Sense 2 concerned, interested => involved (vs. uninvolved) Sense 3 concerned => related (vs. unrelated), related to Sense 4 concerned, implicated => involved (vs. uninvolved) Attributes of adj concerned Familiarity of adj concerned concerned used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj concerned concerned unconcerned Overview of verb concern The verb concern has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (56) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on -- (be about have to do with be relevant to refer, pertain, or relate to "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk") 2. (22) concern, interest, occupy, worry -- (be on the mind of "What is worrying you?") Overview of adj concerned The adj concerned has 4 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (15) concerned -- (feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a small child") 2. (13) concerned, interested -- (involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in "a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to discuss the business") 3. (2) concerned -- (in relation (or in regard) to especially as in the phrases; "as far as x is concerned"; "where x is concerned") 4. concerned, implicated -- (culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case have been identified"; "named three officials implicated in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by circumstances in a crime")
concerned definition