concerning

Pluralconcernings

1. 1
   preposition

   Used to show what something is about or relates to.

   Like the word 'about': it points to the topic.

   She wrote a letter concerning the broken window.

   I have a few questions concerning the new rules.

   Similarabout, regarding, respecting, on

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2. 2
   adjective

   Making people feel worried because something might be wrong.

   Like a warning light that makes you feel something might be wrong.

   The test results were concerning to her parents.

   There was a concerning smell coming from the kitchen.

   Similarworrying, troubling, disturbing, alarming, worrisome

   Oppositereassuring, encouraging, comforting, heartening

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3. 3
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of concern. Use this -ing form for ongoing action or as a naming word.

   Stop concerning yourself with what other people think.

   She is always concerning herself with the needs of others.

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4. 4
   noun

   The thing that is your own business or that you take part in.

   We shall write to you, / As Time and our Concernings shall importune, / How it goes with us, and do look to know / What doth befall you here.

   c. 1603, William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”Here, concernings means our own affairs, the business we are involved in.

   Similaraffair, business, matter

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