Main Entry:

¹con·cern

Pronunciation:

\kən-ˈsərn\

Function:

verb

Etymology:

Middle English, from Middle French & Medieval Latin; Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernere, from Late Latin, to sift together, mingle, from Latin com- + cernere to sift — more at certain

Date:

15th century

transitive verb1 a: to relate to : be about <the novel concerns three soldiers> b: to bear on2: to have an influence on : involve ; also : to be the business or affair of <the problem concerns us all>3: to be a care, trouble, or distress to <her ill health concerns me>4: engage, occupy <he concerns himself with trivia>intransitive verbobsolete : to be of importance : matter