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1. | [ adjective ] feeling or showing worry or solicitude | |
Examples: | "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" |
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Related terms: | unconcerned afraid haunted afraid solicitous attentive troubled | |
2. | [ adjective ] involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in | |
Synonyms: | interested | |
Examples: | "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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Related terms: | involved | |
3. | [ adjective ] in relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases | |
Examples: | "as far as x is concerned" "where x is concerned" |
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Related terms: | related | |
4. | [ adjective ] culpably involved | |
Synonyms: | implicated | |
Examples: | "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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Related terms: | involved | |
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