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concern
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concern?, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concern? (“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cern? (“distinguish”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /k?n?s?n/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k?n?s??n/
- Rhymes: -??(?)n
- Hyphenation: con?cern
Noun
concern (countable and uncountable, plural concerns)
- That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
- Synonym: interest
- The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
- A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
- (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.
- 2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page 148:
Translations
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.
Verb
concern (third-person singular simple present concerns, present participle concerning, simple past and past participle concerned)
- (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), 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
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts xxviii. 31
- (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
- 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.
- a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency adjusted and recommended
- (transitive) To make somebody worried.
Synonyms
- (to be of importance to): See also Thesaurus:pertain
Derived terms
- concernable
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English concern.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?n?s?rn/
- Hyphenation: con?cern
- Rhymes: -?rn
Noun
concern n (plural concerns, diminutive concerntje n)
- company, business, concern
Derived terms
- chemieconcern
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thought
English
Alternative forms
- thowt (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English thought, itho?t, from Old English þ?ht, ?eþ?ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanht? (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank.
Pronunciation
- enPR: thôt
- (UK) IPA(key): /???t/
- Rhymes: -??t
- (US) IPA(key): /??t/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /??t/
- (Inland Northern American) IPA(key): /??t/
- Homophone: thot (in accents with the cot-caught merger)
Noun
thought (countable and uncountable, plural thoughts)
- (countable) Form created in the mind, rather than the forms perceived through the five senses; an instance of thinking.
- (uncountable) The operation by which such forms arise or are manipulated; the process of thinking; the agency by which thinking is accomplished.
- a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote)
- The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it’s unfamiliar territory.
- a. 1983', Paul Fix (attributed quote)
- (uncountable) A way of thinking (associated with a group, nation or region).
- (uncountable, now dialectal) Anxiety, distress.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
thought
- simple past tense and past participle of think
Middle English
Alternative forms
- thoughte, thougt, thouhte, thoute
- thogt, thohte, thogh
Etymology
From Old English þ?ht.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?o?xt/, /??u?xt/
Noun
thought (plural thoughtes)
- product of mental activity
Descendants
- English: thought
- Scots: thocht
- Yola: thaugkt
References
- “thought, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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