{
    "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
}