Concern - English meaning

noun

An event or sequence of events of a specified kind or that has previously been referred to.

Usage examples:

The board admitted responsibility for the affair

noun

A situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered; a matter

Usage examples:

The meeting was addressed by an expert in south american affairs., what i do in my spare time is my…

noun

A situation or subject that is being dealt with or considered

Usage examples:

Foreign affairs as a leader, he's been criticized for his inexperience in foreign affairs., interfe…

noun

A business or organization providing a particular service on behalf of another business, person, or group.

Usage examples:

An advertising agency

noun

A business acting for or representing a person, an organization, or another business

Usage examples:

An advertising/employment agency, a real estate agency, federal agencies, the environmental protect…

noun

A business that provides a service to other people or organizations

Usage examples:

Background checks may be done in-house or by an outside agency., she now runs an agency which last …

verb

Make (someone) troubled or nervous.

Usage examples:

The thought of questioning toby agitated him extremely

verb

To argue energetically, esp. in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change

Usage examples:

Telephone companies began to agitate for permission to compete in long distance services., any ment…

verb

To make someone feel worried or angry

Usage examples:

I didn't want to agitate her by telling her.

noun

A state of anxiety or nervous excitement.

Usage examples:

She was wringing her hands in agitation

noun

Worry and anxiety

Usage examples:

He arrived home in a state of agitation., the anti-war agitation is beginning to worry the governme…

noun

The situation in which people protest or argue, especially in public, in order to achieve a particular type of change

Usage examples:

The anti-war agitation is beginning to worry the government.

verb

Examine (something) methodically and in detail, typically in order to explain and interpret it.

Usage examples:

We need to analyse our results more clearly

verb

To study or examine something in detail, in order to discover more about it

Usage examples:

Researchers analysed the purchases of 6300 households., analyse data/results/information management…

verb

To study or examine something in detail in order to discover or understand more about it

Usage examples:

Researchers analysed the purchases of 6,300 households., the book brilliantly analyses the cultural…

noun

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease about something with an uncertain outcome.

Usage examples:

He felt a surge of anxiety

noun

An uncomfortable feeling of worry about something that is happening or might happen, or a cause of this

Usage examples:

[ u ] for many children, every new school year causes anxiety., [ c ] don’t you have any fears or a…

noun

An uncomfortable feeling of nervousness or worry about something that is happening or might happen in the future

Usage examples:

Children normally feel a lot of anxiety about their first day at school., that explains his anxiety…

noun

Anxiety or fear that something bad or unpleasant will happen.

Usage examples:

He felt sick with apprehension

noun

Anxiety about the future; fear of something unpleasant happening

Usage examples:

I felt great apprehension over my first day at work., there’s an $8000 reward for the apprehension …

noun

Worry about the future, or a fear that something unpleasant is going to happen

Usage examples:

It's normal to feel a little apprehension before starting a new job., one or two people have expres…

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

His wife's just had a baby

adjective

Comparatively small or immature of its kind.

Usage examples:

A baby version of the oxford movement

verb

Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards.

Usage examples:

Her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes

noun

A flexible container with an opening at the top, used for carrying things.

Usage examples:

He arrived at the children's ward carrying a bag full of toys for the young patients

verb

Put (something) in a bag.

Usage examples:

Customers bagged their own groceries

noun

A soft container made out of paper or thin plastic, and open at the top, used to hold foods and other goods

Usage examples:

A paper/plastic bag, a bag of apples/nuts, don't eat that whole bag of (= the amount the bag contai…

idiom

If you ask someone what they are on about, you are asking that person, often in a slightly annoyed way, what they mean

Usage examples:

I dunno what you're on about.

verb

Take the trouble to do something.

Usage examples:

Scientists rarely bother with such niceties

noun

Effort, trouble, or difficulty.

Usage examples:

He saved me the bother of having to come up with a speech

exclamation

Used to express mild irritation or impatience.

Usage examples:

‘bother!’ she muttered

noun

A writing desk with drawers and typically an angled top opening downwards to form a writing surface.

Usage examples:

They later found that the writing bureau had been broken into but nothing has been stolen.

noun

A department of government, or a division that performs a particular job

Usage examples:

You’ve got to go to the bureau of motor vehicles to renew your driver’s license.

noun

An organization or a business that collects or provides information

Usage examples:

The citizen's advice bureau can advise you about debt problems., she reported the problem to the be…

noun

A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade.

Usage examples:

Experts who typically conduct their business over the internet

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services, or a particular company that does this, or work in general rather than pleasure

Usage examples:

[ c ] he runs a dry cleaning business., [ u ] i’m in baltimore on business., [ u ] our firm does a …

noun

The activity of buying and selling goods and services

Usage examples:

In business she is an academic, but all her brothers work in business., be in business currently, f…

noun

The provision of what is necessary for the health, welfare, maintenance, and protection of someone or something.

Usage examples:

The care of the elderly

verb

Feel concern or interest; attach importance to something.

Usage examples:

They don't care about human life

noun

The process of protecting someone or something and providing what that person or thing needs

Usage examples:

The standard of care at our local hospital is excellent., mira's going to be very weak for a long t…

verb

Demand (an amount) as a price for a service rendered or goods supplied.

Usage examples:

Wedding planners may charge an hourly fee of up to £150

noun

A price asked for goods or services.

Usage examples:

Our standard charge for a letter is £25

noun

An ambassador's deputy.

noun

A commercial business.

Usage examples:

A shipping company

verb

Associate with; keep company with.

Usage examples:

These men which have companied with us all this time

noun

An organization that produces or sells goods or services in order to make a profit

Usage examples:

He owns part of a company that manufactures software for personal computers., it was a long trip an…

noun

Careful thought, typically over a period of time.

Usage examples:

Your case needs very careful investigation and consideration

noun

The act, state, or quality of caring about or respecting

Usage examples:

He showed very little consideration for anyone but himself., [ c ] financial considerations were a …

noun

In a contract, something with financial value that is given in exchange for something else, for example, a bank loan that is made in exchange for the borrower's promise to repay it

Usage examples:

From the wording of the agreement it was clear that the initial payment was part of the considerati…

noun

An association, typically of several companies.

Usage examples:

It would move the commissioning of care to local authorities, giving democratic control of the heal…

noun

An organization of several businesses or banks joining together as a group for a shared purpose

Usage examples:

Consortium of a consortium of textile manufacturers

noun

A feeling of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected.

Usage examples:

To her consternation her car wouldn't start

noun

A feeling of strong annoyance and anger, usually because of something bad that you cannot change or that is completely unexpected

Usage examples:

The power failure caused consternation among local officials.

noun

A feeling of worry, shock, or confusion

Usage examples:

Fill someone with consternation the prospect of so much work filled him with consternation., to som…

noun

A maker or repairer of casks and barrels.

Usage examples:

Mount joy was a great industrial town, having blacksmiths, wagon builders, coopers, weavers, miller…

verb

Make or repair (a cask or barrel).

Usage examples:

My father coopered casks and barrels for the ships

noun

A person who makes and repairs barrels (= large wooden containers with a flat top and curved sides, used for holding beer, wine, etc.)

noun

A large company or group of companies authorized to act as a single entity and recognized as such in law.

Usage examples:

The cardiff bay development corporation

noun

An organization, esp. a business, that has a legally separate existence from the people who run it

Usage examples:

Multinational corporations, she was elected to the board of directors of the corporation., corporat…

noun

A large company, or a group of companies that are controlled as a single organization

Usage examples:

Whether you work for a large corporation or small company, following these easy guidelines can help…

verb

Put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

The table had been covered with a checked tablecloth

noun

A thing which lies on, over, or around something, especially in order to protect or conceal it.

Usage examples:

A seat cover

verb

To put or spread something over something, or to lie on the surface of something

Usage examples:

Once the rice comes to a boil, turn down the flame and cover the pot., she covered the child with a…

noun

A division of a large organization such as a government, university, or business, dealing with a specific area of activity.

Usage examples:

The council's finance department

noun

Any of the divisions or parts of esp. a school, business, or government

Usage examples:

Chavez is the head of the geography department., the shoe department is on the fifth floor., she li…

noun

One part of a large organization, such as a company or university, that deals with a particular area of work, business, study, etc.

Usage examples:

Run/manage a department, the sales/human resources/finance department, he was previously a lecturer…

verb

Talk about (something) with a person or people.

Usage examples:

I discussed the matter with my wife

verb

To talk about something to other people, often exchanging ideas or opinions

Usage examples:

We have been discussing the possibility of working together., [ + question word ] this booklet disc…

verb

To talk about a subject with someone and tell each other your ideas or opinions

Usage examples:

Discuss something with someone the police want to discuss these recent racist attacks with local pe…

noun

A feeling of worry or unease.

Usage examples:

Public disquiet about animal testing

verb

Make (someone) worried or uneasy.

Usage examples:

World leaders are surely disquieted by the prospect of a global economic meltdown

noun

Worry

Usage examples:

The leader's decline in popularity is causing disquiet among supporters.

noun

Extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.

Usage examples:

To his distress he saw that she was trembling

verb

Another term for distraint.

noun

Great mental or physical suffering, such as extreme anxiety, sadness, or pain, or the state of being in danger or urgent need

Usage examples:

Emotional/financial distress, four men were rescued from a fishing boat in distress off the coast.,…

verb

Interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of.

Usage examples:

Take the rollers out carefully so as not to disturb the curls too much

verb

To cause someone to stop what the person is doing, or to interrupt an activity

Usage examples:

Please don’t disturb jimmy – he’s trying to do his homework., this year’s election campaign has dis…

verb

To interrupt what someone is doing

Usage examples:

Please don't disturb your sister - she's trying to do her homework., i'm sorry to disturb you so la…

noun

A moral or legal obligation; a responsibility.

Usage examples:

It's my duty to uphold the law

noun

A responsibility to do something because it is legally or morally right to do it

Usage examples:

Every lawyer has a strong sense of duty and responsibility., a duty to do sth they have a duty to e…

noun

Something that you have to do because it is part of your job, or something that you feel is the right thing to do

Usage examples:

The duty of the agency is to act in the best interests of the child., [ + to infinitive ] i felt it…

noun

A project or undertaking, especially a bold or complex one.

Usage examples:

A joint enterprise between french and japanese companies

noun

An organization, esp. a business, or a difficult and important plan, esp. one that will earn money

Usage examples:

[ u ] private enterprise, [ c ] the road is bordered by shopping centers, restaurants, retail outle…

noun

An organization, a company, or a business

Usage examples:

A manufacturing/catering/farming enterprise, a large/small/medium-sized enterprise, a state/state-o…

noun

The action of establishing something or being established.

Usage examples:

The establishment of an independent government

noun

The people who have most of the power within government or society or in a particular business or activity

Usage examples:

The diplomatic/educational/literary establishment, visitors come to shop in the fashionable new est…

noun

A business or other organization, or the place where an organization operates

Usage examples:

An educational/training/religious establishment, what percent of your establishment's total sales a…

verb

Inspect (someone or something) thoroughly in order to determine their nature or condition.

Usage examples:

A doctor examined me and said i might need a caesarean

verb

Observe, check out, and look over carefully or inspect

verb

To look at or consider a person or thing carefully in order to discover something about the person or thing

Usage examples:

Investigators examined the wreckage for clues about the cause of the explosion.

adjective

Having a solid, almost unyielding surface or structure.

Usage examples:

The bed should be reasonably firm, but not too hard

verb

Make more solid or resilient.

Usage examples:

How can i firm up a sagging bustline?

adverb

In a resolute and determined manner.

Usage examples:

The chancellor has held firm to tough economic policies

noun

An authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities, for example acting as an agent for a company's products.

Usage examples:

Toyota granted the group a franchise

verb

Grant a franchise to (an individual or group).

Usage examples:

A franchised dealer

noun

A right to sell a company’s products in a particular area using the company’s name

Usage examples:

Women in the us won the franchise in 1920.

noun

A ceremony or service held shortly after a person's death, usually including the person's burial or cremation.

Usage examples:

In the afternoon, he'd attended a funeral

noun

A ceremony honoring someone who has recently died, which happens before burying or burning the body

noun

A (usually religious) ceremony for burying or burning the body of a dead person

Usage examples:

Hold a funeral the funeral will be held next friday., over 300 mourners attended the funeral., fune…

idiom

To be about something

Usage examples:

My question has to do with last week’s assignment.

noun

A continuous pain in the head.

Usage examples:

I've got a splitting headache

noun

A pain you feel inside your head

Usage examples:

Finding a babysitter for new year’s eve is going to be a real headache.

noun

Something that causes you great difficulty and worry

Usage examples:

Finding a babysitter for saturday evening will be a major headache.

noun

A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.

Usage examples:

My wife and i are moving to a new house

verb

Old-fashioned term for bingo.

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for a family

noun

Economic activity concerned with the processing of raw materials and manufacture of goods in factories.

Usage examples:

New investment incentives for british industry

noun

The companies and activities involved in the production of goods for sale, esp. in a factory

Usage examples:

Business and industry, she’s worked in the banking and computer industries., it takes industry and …

noun

The companies and activities involved in the production of goods

Usage examples:

We hope the government listens to the concerns of industry and drops its plans to introduce another…

noun

A paid position of regular employment.

Usage examples:

The scheme could create 200 jobs

verb

Do casual or occasional work.

Usage examples:

He left school and jobbed around as a car parts salesman, warehouseman, and removal man

noun

An act of prodding, thrusting, or wrenching.

noun

A place from which to keep watch or view the landscape.

Usage examples:

A fortified lookout tower

noun

A person whose job is to watch for someone or something to appear

Usage examples:

Assign someone to be a lookout on the boat to keep an eye out for rocks., what kinds of behavior sh…

noun

A job or profession.

Usage examples:

People in professional occupations

adjective

For the sole use of the occupiers of the land concerned.

Usage examples:

An occupation bridge

noun

A room, set of rooms, or building used as a place for commercial, professional, or bureaucratic work.

Usage examples:

An office job

noun

A place in a building where a business is carried on by people working at desks (= special tables) used for writing and for holding telephones and computers

Usage examples:

An office building, i didn’t leave the office until nearly 8 o’clock., the doctor’s office was fill…

noun

A room or building in which people work, especially sitting at desks with computers, phones, etc., as a part of a business or other organization

Usage examples:

The meeting is at their offices in san diego., local/regional/overseas office it would be so much e…

noun

The action of functioning or the fact of being active or in effect.

Usage examples:

Restrictions on the operation of market forces

noun

A mathematical process, such as addition, in which one set of numbers is produced from another

Usage examples:

She underwent a six-hour open-heart operation., [ u ] several printing presses are in operation (= …

noun

The fact of operating or being active

Usage examples:

Come into/begin operation we expect the new procedure to come into operation early next year., be o…

noun

An organized group of people with a particular purpose, such as a business or government department.

Usage examples:

A research organization

noun

The state of being a partner or partners.

Usage examples:

We should go on working together in partnership

noun

An agreement between organizations, people, etc. to work together

Usage examples:

A partnership between sb/sth and sb/sth the government is promoting a partnership between the state…

verb

Make (someone) anxious or unsettled.

Usage examples:

They were perturbed by her capricious behaviour

noun

Anxiety; mental uneasiness.

Usage examples:

She sensed her friend's perturbation

noun

A stout seed- or fruit-eating bird with a small head, short legs, and a cooing voice, typically having grey and white plumage.

Usage examples:

Their short breeding cycle allows pigeons and doves to have more broods to compensate for their sma…

noun

Archaic spelling of pidgin.

noun

A large, usually gray-and-white bird that lives esp. in cities

Usage examples:

We fed the pigeons in the park.

noun

The actual application or use of an idea, belief, or method, as opposed to theories relating to it.

Usage examples:

The principles and practice of teaching

verb

Us spelling of practise.

verb

Perform (an activity) or exercise (a skill) repeatedly or regularly in order to acquire, improve or maintain proficiency in it.

Usage examples:

I need to practise my french

verb

Maintain (something) in its original or existing state.

Usage examples:

All records of the past were zealously preserved

noun

A foodstuff made with fruit preserved in sugar, such as jam or marmalade.

Usage examples:

A jar of cherry preserve

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

Usage examples:

They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

Usage examples:

Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

noun

Something that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with

Usage examples:

Financing the camp’s athletic program is a problem., he has a serious health problem., i’m having p…

noun

A principal administrative division of a country or empire.

Usage examples:

Chengdu, capital of sichuan province

verb

Consider or think of in a specified way.

Usage examples:

She regarded london as her base

noun

Attention to or concern for something.

Usage examples:

The court must have regard to the principle of welfare

verb

To consider or think about something in a particular way, or to look carefully at someone or something

Usage examples:

Laura is highly regarded by her colleagues., the dog regarded me with suspicion as i approached the…

noun

The state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone.

Usage examples:

A true leader takes responsibility for their team and helps them achieve goals

noun

A duty to take care of something

Usage examples:

[ c ] with this promotion, jorge’s responsibilities will be increased., [ u ] parents must assume r…

noun

Something that it is your job or duty to deal with

Usage examples:

Responsibility to do sth as a board member, i have a responsibility to ask questions., responsibili…

noun

A formal assessment of something with the intention of instituting change if necessary.

Usage examples:

A comprehensive review of uk defence policy

verb

Assess (something) formally with the intention of instituting change if necessary.

Usage examples:

The home secretary was called on to review britain's gun laws

verb

Look at again; examine again

verb

Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly.

Usage examples:

Customers were warned to scrutinize the small print

verb

To examine someone or something very carefully

Usage examples:

All new products are scrutinized by the laboratory.

verb

To examine something very carefully in order to discover information

Usage examples:

The data raises questions about how closely wall street banks scrutinized the loans.

noun

A building or part of a building where goods or services are sold.

Usage examples:

A video shop

verb

Visit one or more shops or websites to buy goods.

Usage examples:

She shopped for groceries twice a week

verb

To look for and buy (things)

Usage examples:

We shop in malls because they’re convenient., a bicycle repair shop, i work in a machine shop makin…

noun

The quality of caring about other people's comfort, safety, and how they feel

Usage examples:

I'm touched by your solicitude.

noun

Care or concern for someone or something.

Usage examples:

I was touched by his solicitude

noun

The quality of caring about other people's comfort, safety, and how they feel

Usage examples:

I'm touched by your solicitude.

noun

A round solid figure, or its surface, with every point on its surface equidistant from its centre.

Usage examples:

There's a particularly good 3d objects tool, which lets you create modelled spheres, cubes, rectang…

verb

Enclose in or as if in a sphere.

Usage examples:

Mourners, sphered by their dark garb

combining form

Denoting a structure or region of spherical form, especially a region round the earth.

Usage examples:

Ionosphere

noun

The devotion of time and attention to gaining knowledge of an academic subject, especially by means of books.

Usage examples:

The study of english

verb

Devote time and attention to gaining knowledge of (an academic subject), especially by means of books.

Usage examples:

I studied classics at college

verb

Applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject

noun

A piece of work to be done or undertaken.

Usage examples:

A new manager was given the task of developing the club's talent

verb

Assign a task to.

Usage examples:

Nato troops are tasked with separating the warring parties

verb

Behave towards or deal with in a certain way.

Usage examples:

She had been brutally treated

noun

An event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure.

Usage examples:

He wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat

verb

Apply a process to with the aim of preparing for a purpose

noun

Difficulty or problems.

Usage examples:

I had trouble finding somewhere to park

verb

Cause distress or anxiety to.

Usage examples:

He was not troubled by doubts

noun

A problem, or difficulties

Usage examples:

[ u ] trouble began when he came to live with us., [ c ] she thought her troubles would be over whe…

noun

A formal pledge or promise to do something.

Usage examples:

I give an undertaking that we shall proceed with the legislation

noun

The action of catching up with and passing another vehicle while travelling on the inside.

Usage examples:

The highway code discourages undertaking on motorways

verb

Commit oneself to and begin (an enterprise or responsibility); take on.

Usage examples:

A firm of builders undertook the construction work

noun

Anxiety or discontent.

Usage examples:

Public unease about defence policy

noun

A feeling of being worried about something

Usage examples:

The security lapses have caused widespread unease amongst air passengers., unease about/over/with p…

noun

A feeling of anxiety or discomfort.

Usage examples:

I sensed the uneasiness of people around me

noun

→  unease

verb

Cause to feel anxious or uneasy; disturb.

Usage examples:

The crisis has unsettled financial markets

verb

To make someone feel anxious or slightly worried

Usage examples:

Even the most experienced batsmen were unsettled by the speed of this bowler., the legislation does…

verb

Make (someone) unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

The accusation upset her

noun

An unexpected result or situation.

Usage examples:

The greatest upset in boxing history

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.

Usage examples:

She looked pale and upset

noun

A risky or daring journey or undertaking.

Usage examples:

Pioneering ventures into little-known waters

verb

Undertake a risky or daring journey or course of action.

Usage examples:

She ventured out into the blizzard

noun

An activity or plan of action, often in business, that involves risk or uncertainty

Usage examples:

His most recent business venture ended in bankruptcy., [ i always + adv/prep ] he wanted to venture…

noun

Archaic or humorous term for worry.

verb

Feel or cause to feel anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He worried about his soldier sons in the war

noun

The state of being anxious and troubled over actual or potential problems.

Usage examples:

He's demented with worry

verb

To think about problems or unpleasant things that make you anxious, or to make someone feel anxious

Usage examples:

[ i ] if you get a monthly train ticket, you won’t have to worry about buying a ticket every day., …