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con·cerned (kən sʉrnd′)
adjective
- involved or interested: often with in
- uneasy or anxious
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Preposition: about
- risk: In short, we are more fearful and more concerned about risk.
Modifying Another Word
- overly: And what if you find yourself getting overly concerned about your weight and preoccupied with food?
Preposition: with
- result: And this has led me to becoming concerned with the results KEI provides and the keywords it suggests.
Modifies a noun
- citizen: Concerned citizens help make the communities a safe place to live in without the fear of their own homes being broken into.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: These days, the local Anglican diocese seems concerned to take care of its buildings.
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Faith is the state of being ultimately concerned.
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