# concerned

Pronunciation: say "kuhn-SURND" US /kənˈsɝnd/, UK /kənˈsɜːnd/

## Adjective

1. Feeling or showing worry, care, or anxiety about something.
   - Simple: Feeling or showing worry or care about someone or something.
   - _The concerned parents called the school for answers._
   - _She seemed deeply concerned about the test results._
2. Of a book, a piece of research, or a person: having a particular subject as its topic or focus of interest, usually followed by with.
   - Simple: Of a book, study, or person: being about a certain subject or interested in it, usually followed by with.
   - _The study is concerned with how sleep affects memory in older adults._
   - _As a historian, she is chiefly concerned with the early years of the republic._
3. Involved in a particular matter, or having responsibility for it.
   - Simple: Taking part in something, or having a duty or stake in it.
   - _The delay was frustrating for everyone concerned, but the builders and the owners finally agreed on a new schedule._
   - _All parties concerned must sign the agreement before it takes effect._

## Verb

4. Simple past tense and past participle of concern. — simple past and past participle of concern
   - Simple: Simple past and past participle of concern. Use it for something that already happened, or after words like "have" or "was."
   - _The investigation concerned several missing documents._
   - _She had concerned herself with every detail of the plan._

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