concern
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(verb) be on the mind of; "What is worrying you?" |
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Synonyms: interest, occupy, worry |
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Related Words: preoccupy |
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(noun) something that interests you because it is important or affects you; "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern" |
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Related Words: affair, affairs, earth, earthly concern, interest, involvement, matter, part, personal business, point of honor, thing, world, worldly concern |
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(noun) something or someone that causes anxiety; a source of unhappiness; "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry" |
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Synonyms: headache, vexation, worry |
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Related Words: bugaboo, burden, business, encumbrance, incumbrance, load, negative stimulus, onus |
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(noun) a feeling of sympathy for someone or something; "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate" |
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Related Words: fellow feeling, softheartedness, solicitousness, solicitude, sympathy, tenderness |
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Antonyms: unconcern |
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(noun) an anxious feeling; "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction" |
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Synonyms: care, fear |
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Related Words: anxiety |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: business, business concern, business organization |
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Related Words: agency, brokerage, business firm, carrier, chain, common carrier, conglomerate, corp, corporation, dealership, empire, enterprise, firm, franchise, house, maker, manufacturer, manufacturing business, partnership, processor, shipbuilder |
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(verb) be about; have to do with; be relevant to; refer, pertain, or relate to; "What's this novel all about?"; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk" |
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Synonyms: bear on, come to, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on |
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Related Words: affect, apply, center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, go for, hold, interest, involve, matter to, regard, revolve about, revolve around |
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