concern – English noun declension

English noun forms of concern

Noun: concern
Singularconcern
Pluralconcerns

Sample Sentences

  • Mark’s health was of great concern to Connie.
  • We drove back to the office with some concern on my part at the prospect of so large a case. Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke. He was dressed out in broad gaiters and bright tweeds, like an English tourist, and his face might have belonged to Dagon, idol of the Philistines. [1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:]
  • Although the encounter was bathed in sunshine, the match failed to reach boiling point but that will be of little concern to Gerard Houllier’s team, who took a huge step forward before they face crucial matches against their relegation rivals. [2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2012:]
  • Most people in Australia have no concern for the recent events in London.
  • Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the document.
  • The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications. [2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2023, page 26:]
  • Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.
  • Appleby […] rose from his seat when Morales came in. He shook hands urbanely, unbuckled his sword, and laid his kepi on the table, and then sat down with an expression of concern in his olive face which Appleby fancied was assumed. [1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:]
  • The employees’ attitude is really hurting the concern.
  • a going concern
  • Then I remembered there was a big concern, a Company for trade on that river. [1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 198:]
  • Soon after he ascended the throne, an Arabic television joint venture between the BBC and a Saudi concern, Orbit Communications, foundered over the BBC’s insistence on editorial independence. [2001 November 18, Fouad Ajami, “What the Muslim World Is Watching”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2019, retrieved 26 Jul 2014:]
  • At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern. [2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page 148:]

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”). See: Latin Nouns 'concernō'.

Verbs referencing "concern"

Dutch Nouns concern, Romanian Nouns concern, Czech Nouns koncern, Swedish Nouns koncern, German Nouns Konzern, Russian Nouns концерн, Ukrainian Nouns концерн, Hungarian Nouns konszern.