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concerned

con·cer·ned

UK/kənˈsɜːnd/ US/kənˈsɝnd/ common

adjective

1.

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.

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”
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3.

in relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases

  • “as far as x is concerned”
  • “where x is concerned”
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4.

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”
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Phrases

  • as far as one is concerned

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