Collocations for "concerned"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "concerned" in context.
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concern
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [growing, mounting, increasing] concern about
- concern among [parents, the public]
- concern about the [safety of, violence in, cost of]
- concern over [high dropout rates, the shrinking economy]
- is a matter of concern to the [public, staff, teachers]
- is becoming a major concern for [parents]
- parent's concern for their [children, children's education]
- [raised, brought up, aired, voiced] (his) concerns about
- [an outlet, a channel] to raise your concerns
- my [main, primary] concern is to
- my [main] concerns as a [teacher, parent] are
- are my [main] concerns as a [teacher]
- [it, that] is none of your concern
- the [issue, matter] is of no concern to us
- have no concern for you
- have no concern for their [safety, future, wellbeing, welfare]
- there is no cause for concern
- appreciate [everyone's, everybody's] concern
- show concern for the [poor, homeless, refugees]
- [shows, demonstrates] a complete lack of concern (for)
- concern [for, about, with]
- [this, it] doesn't concern you
- the new [show, episode, report, interview] concerns
- concerned with the [issues, problem] (of)
- concerned about [her health, the exam, your feelings]
- [very, particularly, primarily, increasingly, personally] concerned about
- concerned by [the news, what people are saying]
- [the news] didn't concern him
- it concerns me to [think, see, learn]
- we need not concern ourselves with
- to whom it may concern
- new [information, clues, leads] concerning the investigation
'concerned' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
aging
- beauty
- chiefly
- clearly
- concern
- decline
- deeply
- doing
- expression
- fashionable
- implication
- increasingly
- least
- line
- loving
- mainly
- outward
- overly
- parent
- rash
- really
- resident
- satisfactory
- seem
- seriously
- similarly
- subject
- super
- unduly
- well-being