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 verb 1 a : to relate to : be about <the novel concerns three soldiers> b : to bear on
2 : 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 verb obsolete : to be of importance : matter