concernとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɝn/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɜːn/
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)n
• ハイフネーション: con‧cern

名詞

concern (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 concerns)

1. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.

   Synonym: interest

   Antonym: unconcern

   • 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 222716698:

     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.

   • 2011 April 10, Alistair Magowan, “Aston Villa 1-0 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:

     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.

   Mark’s health was of great concern to Connie.

2. The placement of interest or worry on a subject.

   Most people in Australia have no concern for the recent events in London.

3. A worry; a sense that something may be wrong; an identification of a possible problem.

   Let me know if you have any questions or concerns about the document.

4. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.

   Judy's eyes filled with concern as she listened to the news report.

   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 22, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     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.

6. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
   • 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 1042815524, part I, page 198:

     Then I remembered there was a big concern, a Company for trade on that river.

   • 2001 November 18, Fouad Ajami, “What the Muslim World Is Watching”, in The New York Times‎^[2], retrieved 26 July 2014:

     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.

   The employees’ attitude is really hurting the concern.

   a going concern

7. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
   • 2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page 148:

     At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern.

派生語

• concern troll

Further reading

• concern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• concern in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

動詞

concern (三人称単数 現在形 concerns, 現在分詞 concerning, 過去形および過去分詞形 concerned)

1. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Acts xxviii:31:

     Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.

   • 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation

     our wars with France have always affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those we have had with any other nation

   • 1821, James Fenimore Cooper, The Spy

     ignorant, so far as the usual instruction was concerned

   • 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, OCLC 5661828:

     As a political system democracy seems to me extraordinarily foolish, but I would not go out of my way to protest against it. My servant is, so far as I am concerned, welcome to as many votes as he can get. I would very gladly make mine over to him if I could.

2. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.

   A good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.

   • a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency adjusted and recommended

     They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favour.

   • 1935, George Goodchild, chapter 3, in Death on the Centre Court:

     It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”

3. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

   I’m concerned that she’s becoming an alcoholic.

同意語

• (to be of importance to): See also Thesaurus:pertain

派生語

間投詞

concern

1. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) (Internet slang) Used to express concern on the part of the speaker in response to something.

   I haven't slept in 24 hours
   Concern