Usage of the word concerned

a

: interestedly engaged

The school’s decision is being questioned by a group of concerned parents.

Her family was very concerned for her safety.

Voters are deeply concerned about the economy.

a discussion that will be of interest to everyone concerned

The lawyers called a meeting of all the concerned parties.

Recent Examples on the Web

Some home cooks are therefore concerned when recipes call for sea or kosher salts, which are generally not iodized.


—Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023




Potential risks in Puget Sound Simpson is also concerned about the environment where Lolita will end up.


—Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023




Longtime residents of neighborhoods like Harlem are concerned about crime and affordability, said Yvette Buckner, a political strategist and the board chair of the New Majority NYC, a group that helped elect the first-ever female majority on the City Council.


—Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023




The changes are in an effort to address the state’s homelessness crisis, but mental health advocates are concerned about the funding for other programs.


—Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2023




First, people are concerned about climate change and planet-altering greenhouse gas emissions spewed by gasoline automobiles.


—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023




Mughal said that if people are truly concerned, keeping the lid off of the pot while their pasta is cooking or using the other tricks the authors suggested will probably help.


—Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Ld, Verywell Health, 3 Apr. 2023




Well, there’s a large segment of America that is concerned about the cultural direction of our country.


—ABC News, 2 Apr. 2023




Dina and Scott had reconnected, and Erica was concerned about the nature of their relationship.


—Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 31 Mar. 2023


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First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1b

Time Traveler

The first known use of concerned was
in 1648

If you’re concerned, you’re feeling worried. When your clumsy friend announces his plans to become a stunt double, you should be concerned for his safety, and if you’re not, you’re a lousy friend.

The adjective concerned has roots in Latin terms for seeing clearly, as well as for being in relation to something. If you feel concerned, say for your neighbor who just bet his savings on a horse race, that’s because you truly care for his well-being and you see that he’s doing something stupid. Sometimes we use concerned to show the limits of our investment. As far as you are concerned, Madame X can jump off a cliff! You don’t care!

Definitions of concerned

1. adjective

   feeling or showing worry or solicitude

   “concerned parents of youthful offenders”

   “was
   concerned about the future”

   “we feel
   concerned about accomplishing the task at hand”

   “greatly
   concerned not to disappoint a small child”

   Synonyms:

   attentive

   (often followed by `to’) giving care or attention

   afraid

   filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement

   afraid

   feeling worry or concern or insecurity

   haunted, obsessed, preoccupied, taken up

   having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something

   solicitous

   full of anxiety and concern

   troubled

   characterized by or indicative of distress or affliction or danger or need

2. adjective

   involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in

   “a memorandum to those
   concerned”

   “an enterprise in which three men are
   concerned”

   “factors
   concerned in the rise and fall of epidemics”

   synonyms:

   interested

   involved

   connected by participation or association or use

3. adjective

   culpably involved

   “all those
   concerned in the bribery case have been identified”

   synonyms:

   complicit, implicated

   involved

   connected by participation or association or use

Монровия, Либерия; медицинская, психологическая и экономическая помощь.

Monrovia, Liberia; medical, psychological and economic assistance.

Первый некоммерческий сайт-[ в 2010 году] Союз Озабоченных Ученных Union of Concerned Scientists.

The first noncommercial site[in 2010] is the Union of Concerned Scientists.

В последнем предложении английского текста перед словами» right concerned» необходимо добавить определенный артикль.

In the last sentence, the definite article should be inserted before»right concerned.

McCalla,» Agriculture and food needs to 2025:

Why we should be concerned«, лекция, посвященная памяти сэра Джона

Кроуфорда, прочитанная для Консультативной группы по международным сельскохозяйственным исследованиям, Вашингтон, О. К., октябрь 1994 года.

McCalla,»Agriculture and food needs to 2025:

Why we should be concerned«, Sir John Crawford Memorial

Lecture presented to the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research, Washington, D.C., October 1994.

ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЬ предлагает заменить в первом предложении слова» it still concerned» словами» it is still concerned.

The CHAIRMAN suggested that the words“it still concerned” in the first sentence should be replaced by“it is still concerned”.

Г-н ТОРНБЕРРИ предлагает в третьей строке заменить слова<< at a chosen time>> словами<< at a specified time>>, а в четвертой строке- слова<< concerned State>> словами<< State concerned.

Mr. Thornberry proposed that, in the third line, the words»at a chosen time» be replaced by»at a specified time» and that, in the fourth line,»concerned State» be replaced by»State concerned.

Однако во втором из двух новых пунктов он бы заменил слово» preoccupied» словами» seriously concerned.

However, he would also replace the word»preoccupied» with»seriously concerned» in the second of the two new paragraphs.

Английский вариант девятого пункта преамбулы вместо слов» Deeply concerned about» должен начинаться словами» Deeply concerned with» к русскому тексту не относится.

The ninth preambular paragraph should begin with»Deeply concerned with,» rather than»Deeply concerned about.

Г-н АВТОНОМОВ предлагает в английском тексте в пункте 8

того же раздела добавить слова» inter alia» после слова» concerned.

Referring to paragraph 8 of the same section,

suggested inserting the words»inter alia» after the word»concerned.

Термин» затрагиваемое государство»( State concerned) не имеет ничего общего с» озабоченностью»(

concern), которую любое другое государство может испытывать в связи с результатом правопреемства государств, с которым не связана его собственная территория.

The term»State concerned» has nothing to do with the»concern» that any other

State might have about the outcome of a succession of States in which its own territory is not involved.

ЮНИСЕФ попрежнему оказывал поддержку партнерской организации» Concerned Parents Association» в организации наставничества,

обучения жизненным навыкам и навыкам урегулирования конфликтов для детей, которые подверглись похищению, и других детей, находящихся в уязвимом положении в лагерях для внутренне перемещенных лиц.

UNICEF also continued to

support its child protection partner in Kitgum, Concerned Parents Association,

in providing mentorship as well as life skills and conflict mitigation training to children who had been abducted and other vulnerable children from internally displaced persons camps.

Можно было бы улучшить формулировку пункта 2, добавив непосредственно после слова» nationality»

слова» against their will» и исключив слова» against the will of the persons concerned» см. французский текст пункта 2.

The drafting of paragraph 2, might be improved through the addition, immediately after the word“nationality”,

of the words“against their will” and the deletion of the words“against the will of the persons concerned” see the French version of paragraph 2.

Международный Суд отметил в этой связи, что французские суды не были проинформированы Правительством Джибути о том, что действия должностных лиц Джибути были собственными действиями Джибути, и— в более общем плане— что государство» which seeks to claim immunity for one of its organs is expected to notify

the authorities of the state concerned.

The International Court of Justice noted in this connection that the French courts had not been informed by the Government of Djibouti that the acts of the Djibouti officials were its own acts, and, more generally, that»the State which seeks to claim immunity for one of its State organs is

expected to notify the authorities of the other State concerned.

В порядке редакционных изменений было предложено в названии статьи слово» предоставление» заменить словом» непредоставление»( см. название статьи 14), а в пункте 2 добавить после слов» against their will» слово» nationality» и

исключить слова» against the will of the persons concerned» в следующей строке этого пункта.

Drafting suggestions included the insertion of the prefix“Non-”at the beginning of the title of article 7(immediately before the word“Attribution”,(cf. the title of article 14)) and of the words“against their will” after the word“nationality” in paragraph 2,

as well as the deletion of the words“against the will of the persons concerned” in the next line of that paragraph.

В решении по делу Об ордере на арест Международный Суд, заключив, что» the functions of a Minister for Foreign Affairs are such that, throughout the duration of his or her office, he or she when abroad enjoys full immunity from criminal jurisdiction and inviolability», указал:» That

immunity and that inviolability protect the individual concerned against any act of authority of another state which would hinder him

or her in the performance of his or her duties.

In its judgment in the Arrest Warrant case, the International Court of Justice, having concluded that»the functions of a Minister for Foreign Affairs are such that, throughout the duration of his or her office, he or she when abroad enjoys full immunity from criminal jurisdiction and inviolability»,

stated:»That immunity and that inviolability protect the individual concerned against any act of authority of another state which would hinder him

or her in the performance of his or her duties.

ПРЕДСЕДАТЕЛЬ предлагает следующую формулировку первой фразы:» The Committee is concerned about the incidence of violent

racist attacks against ethnic minorities by, inter alia, skinheads and neo- nazis»» Комитет выражает озабоченность в связи со случаями насильственных расистских нападений на этнические меньшинства, которые совершают, в частности, бритоголовые и неонацисты.

The CHAIRMAN proposed that the first sentence should be redrafted to read:»The Committee is

concerned about the incidence of violent racist attacks against ethnic minorities by, inter alia, skinheads and neo-Nazis.