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Meaning of concern

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  concern
      n 1: something that interests you because it is important or
           affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's
           concern"
      2: an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up
         out of fear of public reaction" [syn: {concern}, {care},
         {fear}]
      3: a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt
         strong concern for those less fortunate" [ant: {unconcern}]
      4: something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of
         unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's
         a major worry" [syn: {concern}, {worry}, {headache},
         {vexation}]
      5: a commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who
         constitute it; "he bought his brother's business"; "a small
         mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business
         concern" [syn: {business}, {concern}, {business concern},
         {business organization}, {business organisation}]
      v 1: be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to
           her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
           [syn: {refer}, {pertain}, {relate}, {concern}, {come to},
           {bear on}, {touch}, {touch on}, {have-to doe with}]
      2: be on the mind of; "I worry about the second Germanic
         consonant shift" [syn: {concern}, {interest}, {occupy},
         {worry}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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