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{
"term": "concerned",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "worried and feeling concern about something/somebody",
"sensetop": "concerned about something/somebodyconcerned for something/somebodyconcerned (that)…concerned over somethingconcerned at somethingconcerned by something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**Concerned citizens** can have a huge impact."
},
{
"text": "concerned parents/residents/parents/locals"
},
{
"text": "The president is **deeply concerned **about this issue.",
"contextForm": "concerned about something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "We are extremely concerned about her."
},
{
"text": "He didn't seem in the least concerned for her safety.",
"contextForm": "concerned for something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "We were concerned for his welfare."
},
{
"text": "I told him but he didn't seem **overly concerned** *(= he was not very concerned)*"
},
{
"text": "She was concerned that she might miss the turning and get lost.",
"contextForm": "concerned (that)…"
},
{
"text": "Local residents are concerned over the impact of the project.",
"contextForm": "concerned over something"
},
{
"text": "I was rather concerned at the severity of the punishment.",
"contextForm": "concerned at something"
},
{
"text": "Her parents are growing increasingly concerned by her erratic behaviour.",
"contextForm": "concerned by something"
},
{
"text": "a concerned look/glance"
},
{
"text": "She was not unduly concerned by the prospect of managing on her own."
},
{
"text": "The leadership was concerned at the perceived failure to find a solution."
},
{
"text": "Doctors are concerned at the prospect of heart patients having to wait up to a year for surgery."
},
{
"text": "We are now deeply concerned for his safety."
},
{
"text": "Concerned parents held a meeting."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"preposition": ["about", "at", "by"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "affected by something; involved in something",
"sensetop": "be concerned in something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The loss was a tragedy for **all concerned**."
},
{
"text": "Where our children's education is concerned, no compromise is acceptable."
},
{
"text": "The individuals concerned have some explaining to do."
},
{
"text": "The meetings were often embarrassing for all concerned."
},
{
"text": "Everyone who was directly concerned in *(= had some responsibility for)* the incident has now resigned.",
"contextForm": "be concerned in something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "interested in something; dealing with something",
"sensetop": "concerned with something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The public is increasingly concerned with how food is produced."
},
{
"text": "Mathematics is concerned essentially with understanding abstract concepts."
},
{
"text": "Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture."
},
{
"text": "You shouldn't be concerned with what they think."
},
{
"text": "The government seems more concerned with protecting businesses than with education."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["especially", "particularly", "specifically"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to think it is important to do something",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was concerned to write about situations that everybody could identify with."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to give your personal opinion on something",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "As far as I am concerned, you can do what you like."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to give facts or an opinion about a particular aspect of something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She's doing fine as far as French is concerned, it's her German I'm worried about."
}
],
"topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsɜːnd/",
"audio": "xc/concerned/xconcerned__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/kənˈsɜːrnd/",
"audio": "xc/concerned/xconcerned__us_3.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}