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con·cerned (kən sʉrnd′)

adjective

  1. involved or interested: often with in
  2. uneasy or anxious

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

concerned Usage Examples

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.

-Tillich, Paul Johannes

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