concern

Noun
  1. Something that interests you because it is important or affects you (synset 105678554)
    "the safety of the ship is the captain's concern"
    is a type of: interest, involvement - a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something
    subtypes:
  2. An anxious feeling (synset 107539768)
    "care had aged him"; "they hushed it up out of fear of public reaction"
    is a type of: anxiety - a vague unpleasant emotion that is experienced in anticipation of some (usually ill-defined) misfortune
    same as: care, fear
  3. A feeling of sympathy for someone or something (synset 107520080)
    "She felt strong concern for those less fortunate"
    is a type of: fellow feeling, sympathy - sharing the feelings of others (especially feelings of sorrow or anguish)
    subtypes:
  4. Something or someone that causes anxiety;
    A source of unhappiness (synset 105840588)
    "New York traffic is a constant concern"; "it's a major worry"
    is a type of: negative stimulus - a stimulus with undesirable consequences
    subtypes:
    same as: headache, vexation, worry
  5. A commercial or industrial enterprise and the people who constitute it (synset 108077878)
    "he bought his brother's business"; "a small mom-and-pop business"; "a racially integrated business concern"
    referred to in: business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
    associated with: shipping room - a room where goods are packaged and shipped
    is a type of: enterprise - an organization created for business ventures
    subtypes:
    • agency - a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties
    • brokerage - the business of a broker; charges a fee to arrange a contract between two parties
    • carrier, common carrier - a person or firm in the business of transporting people or goods or messages
    • chain - (business) a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership
    • business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments
    • dealership, franchise - a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area
    • maker, manufacturer, manufacturing business - a business engaged in manufacturing some product
    • partnership - the members of a business venture created by contract
    • processor - a business engaged in processing agricultural products and preparing them for market
    • shipbuilder - a business that builds and repairs ships
    • underperformer - a business that is less successful than expected
    member holonym: division - an administrative unit in government or business
    same as: business, business concern, business organisation, business organization
Verb
  1. Be relevant to (synset 202681865)
    "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
    subtypes:
    same as: bear on, come to, have to do with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on
    verb group: advert, allude, touch - make a more or less disguised reference to
  2. Be on the mind of (synset 202684248)
    "I worry about the second Germanic consonant shift"
    same as: interest, occupy, worry

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