concerningn.

Brit.

/kənˈsəːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/kənˈsərnɪŋ/

Forms: see concern v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: concern v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < concern v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier concernment n., and also concern n.

†1. A matter relating to a particular action or circumstance. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference

respitea1382

beholdingc1449

respect1485

aspect1509

regardc1520

reference1581

referrance1583

tending1587

reflection1614

intuition1626

concernment1640

concerning1642

tendency1651

influence1672

re1707

bearing1741

ref1845

concern1863

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xi. 91 And fenȝeis eik hys concernans and pacis.

1629 E. Bolton Cities Aduocate i. 3 Looking out vpon the concernings of the case, I finde that prospect so spacious..and very inexplicably enwrapped.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. iv. 60 If the question be of large prospect, and great concernings, he is zealous in the quarrell.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. viii. 274 One memorable act..which though single in it self, was plurall in the concernings thereof.

†2. An instance of taking concern in something. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1594 O. B. (title) Questions of profitable and pleasant concernings, on the Display of vaine life.

3. A matter that concerns a person; a concern. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [noun]

thingeOE

charec897

cause1393

gleea1400

affaira1425

articlea1425

conversement1455

concernment1495

subject?1541

gear1545

concerning1604

concern1659

interest1674

lookout1795

show1797

pidgin1807

put-in1853

chip1896

thang1932

1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 175 T'were good you let him knowe, For who..Would from a paddack..Such deare concernings hide.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. i. 56 We shall write to you..and our concernings shall importune.

1667 J. Dick Let. 7 May in M. A. Forbes Curiosities Sc. Charta Chest (1897) iii. 50 Not troubling you mor at present bot committing your soull and your bodie and all your concernings onto the cair..of the only ways God.

1889 tr. Plato in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 10 74 Getting some perception of its own nature to reflect on its own concernings.

1998 Human Stud. 21 317 Myth reaches the most radical concernings of our existence.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

concerningadj.

Brit.

/kənˈsəːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/kənˈsərnɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: concern v., -ing suffix².

Etymology: < concern v. + -ing suffix². Compare Middle French, French concernant (early 15th cent.). Compare earlier concerning prep.

†1. That is of relevance or interest; important, weighty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective]

important1444

substantious1483

sore1530

relevantc1540

importing1579

of great (little, etc.) weight1581

grave1594

dear1598

consequentious1634

concerning1641

of concern1651

consequent1659

weighty1662

interesting1711

capital1724

consequential1728

magnitudinous1777

makulu1899

operative1955

1641 Bp. J. Hall Def. Humble Remonstr. xiii. 95 Hee were by Apostolicall command called away to tend the more concerning services of the Church.

1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. xii. 157 When fasting is in order to greater and more concerning purposes, it puts on more religion.

1662 H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Pref. Gen. p. viii I could not conceal so concerning a Truth.

1746 W. Best Royal Souldier 19 This, I say, is a very material and a very concerning Question.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xvii. 136 Lady L. speaking..on this concerning subject.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 6 To utter all my meditations on this most concerning point!

1857 J. Sibree tr. G. W. F. Hegel Lect. Philos. Hist. 46 The concerning question is, what is the best constitution.

2. As the second element in compounds: that concerns, affects, or relates to what is specified by the first element, as soul-concerning.all-concerning, self-concerning: see the first element.

ΚΠ

1644 T. Palmer Saints Support 14 I have here a large subject to treat off..being such a Christ-concerning poynt, a soule-concerning poynt.

1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 13 in Poems For self-concerning ends.

1700 C. Mather Everlasting Gospel i. 4 Now, to set this All-concerning Truth, in a fair View before you all.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ix. 425 But oh! remember ye, And in their generation let your sons Transmit to theirs the all-concerning truth.

1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. (1870) i. 7 Those..soul-concerning doctrines.

1984 A. Metcalfe In their Own Right ix. 233 Unemployment was the all-concerning national issue.

3. That gives cause for concern; troubling, vexing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > concerned > causing concern

concerning1740

1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 159 I cannot bear any thing that is the least concerning to you.

1890 F. A. Randle Imgar (ed. 2) iv. 18 They soon became rather numerous and very concerning, pelting the Hindoos with pebbles and rolling large rocks down ahead obstruently.

1987 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 40/6 It is concerning that an MP and a Minister could suggest that you actually have to be a member of Parliament in order to have an opinion.

2012 Independent 20 July 16/2 Although only one complaint was ever upheld, the details of the alleged offences..are nonetheless concerning.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

concerningprep.

Brit.

/kənˈsəːnɪŋ/, U.S.

/kənˈsərnɪŋ/

Forms: see concern v. and -ing suffix²; also 1600s concerneinge; Scottish pre-1700 conserien (transmission error).

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: English concerning , concern v.

Etymology: < concerning, present participle of concern v., perhaps after Anglo-Norman concernaunt, Anglo-Norman and Middle French concernant (early 15th cent. or earlier).The prepositional use arose when the present participle was no longer limited to the function of complement to a preceding noun phrase, as in the following:1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §40. m. 28 All the evydences, charters and munimentes concernyng the premisses.With this syntactic development, compare e.g. touching prep., regarding prep.

a. As regards; as relates to. Chiefly in as concerning: as far as concerns; as to.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > relation [preposition] > respecting or concerning

ofOE

to-gainsc1175

againsta1225

anentc1225

towarda1240

froc1300

aforyen1340

again1340

touchinga1387

touchinga1398

touchant1399

concerning1525

re1707

fornent1709

regarding1779

1525 R. Sampson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 355 And as concerning the interception off the lettirs they esteme it, Sir, for a very grevos matir.

1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xliii. 120 That Christ was ordained, concerning his humanity and not concerning the Godhead.

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 198 The matter is to me sir, as concerning Iaquenetta.

1611 Bible (King James) Rom. ix. 5 Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came.

1611 Bible (King James) Philipp. iii. 6 As touching the law, a Pharise; concerning zeale, persecuting the Church [Greek κατὰ, Rhem. according to, Revised as touching]; touching the righteousnesse which is in the Law, blameless.

1656 A. Cowley Misc. 27 in Poems When we trust Men concerning God, we then Trust not God concerning Men.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Kennel As concerning Horse-flesh, those best skill'd this Way approve of it, provided it be given with Discretion.

1792 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 442 Their government, or policy, as concerning themselves or other nations.

1818 H. T. Colebrooke On Import Colonial Corn vi. 106 Its effect is, perhaps, commonly over-rated, as concerning the direct cost of wrought goods.

1902 M. L. Rodkinson tr. Babylonian Talmud (new ed.) VII. ix. 226 As concerning a murderer the Scripture makes a difference between intentionally and unintentionally.

2010 FourFourTwo June 24/4 Concerning everyday garments I prefer the so-called democratic style and wear plain T-shirts and jeans.

†b. Preceding an infinitive or a subordinate clause: as far as concerns; as to. Also in concerning for in same sense. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. I.ij^v It had ben more profitable for him yf he had abydden loose and free both as concerning for prayer and also for treatinge and speakinge the worde of god.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John 28 a Iohns disciples did enuye Iesu, forasmuche as concernyng he hymself was lately baptyzed of Iohn, and had behaued hymself as though he had been his disciple..he would now sodainly make himself equal to him.

1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vi. f. lxxxvi Concernyng for other consideracions, thei had twoo principall.

1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre ii. f. xxvii^v Concernyng to learne how to handell the weapons.

1611 Bible (King James) Acts xiii. 34 As concerning that he raised him vp from the dead.

2. In reference or relation to; regarding, about. Cf. concern v. 1a. N.E.D. (1891) remarks: ‘Now rather formal and literary: perhaps never colloquial.’

ΚΠ

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Cor. xvi. A Concernynge [ Tindale of] the gadderynge that is made for the sayntes.

1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Olde Fayth sig. Eviij Concernynge the commynge of John the baptist.

1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xvi. 11 I spake it not to you concerning bread.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 204 But that is not the question: the question is concerning your marriage.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 78 I asked him concerning the Natives.

1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 195. ⁋11 Every servant..was examined concerning his departure.

1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 88 He will make no inquiries concerning you.

1822 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 27 2 A point concerning which..biographers have not been able to satisfy themselves.

1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple i. 15 What has been said concerning the greatness and glory of Christ.

1945 P. H. Landis Adolescence & Youth iii. 33 One mother constantly remarked concerning her daughter's disregard of her authority, ‘Oh, she's just in adolescency.’

1985 C. A. Mackinnon in C. Itzin Pornography (1993) xxiii. 496 Brian DePalma..was interviewed concerning the Williams episode.

2013 Neighbor News (Morris County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 21 Aug. 1 The Township Committee had questions about what was being done concerning the flooding problems.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

n.a1522

adj.1641

prep.1525

单词	concerning
释义	concerningn. Brit. /kənˈsəːnɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈsərnɪŋ/ Forms: see concern v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: concern v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < concern v. + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier concernment n., and also concern n. †1. A matter relating to a particular action or circumstance. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [noun] > relation to something or reference respitea1382 beholdingc1449 respect1485 aspect1509 regardc1520 reference1581 referrance1583 tending1587 reflection1614 intuition1626 concernment1640 concerning1642 tendency1651 influence1672 re1707 view1719 bearing1741 ref1845 concern1863 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) x. xi. 91 And fenȝeis eik hys concernans and pacis. 1629 E. Bolton Cities Aduocate i. 3 Looking out vpon the concernings of the case, I finde that prospect so spacious..and very inexplicably enwrapped. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. iv. 60 If the question be of large prospect, and great concernings, he is zealous in the quarrell. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iv. viii. 274 One memorable act..which though single in it self, was plurall in the concernings thereof. †2. An instance of taking concern in something. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1594 O. B. (title) Questions of profitable and pleasant concernings, on the Display of vaine life. 3. A matter that concerns a person; a concern. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > affair, business, concern > [noun] thingeOE charec897 cause1393 gleea1400 affaira1425 articlea1425 conversement1455 concernment1495 subject?1541 gear1545 concerning1604 concern1659 interest1674 lookout1795 show1797 pidgin1807 put-in1853 chip1896 thang1932 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iv. 175 T'were good you let him knowe, For who..Would from a paddack..Such deare concernings hide. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. i. 56 We shall write to you..and our concernings shall importune. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dick Let. 7 May in M. A. Forbes Curiosities Sc. Charta Chest (1897) iii. 50 Not troubling you mor at present bot committing your soull and your bodie and all your concernings onto the cair..of the only ways God. 1889 tr. Plato in Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 10 74 Getting some perception of its own nature to reflect on its own concernings. 1998 Human Stud. 21 317 Myth reaches the most radical concernings of our existence. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). concerningadj. Brit. /kənˈsəːnɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈsərnɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: concern v., -ing suffix². Etymology: < concern v. + -ing suffix². Compare Middle French, French concernant (early 15th cent.). Compare earlier concerning prep. †1. That is of relevance or interest; important, weighty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] important1444 substantious1483 sore1530 relevantc1540 importing1579 of great (little, etc.) weight1581 grave1594 dear1598 consequentious1634 concerning1641 of concern1651 consequent1659 weighty1662 interesting1711 capital1724 consequential1728 magnitudinous1777 makulu1899 operative1955 1641 Bp. J. Hall Def. Humble Remonstr. xiii. 95 Hee were by Apostolicall command called away to tend the more concerning services of the Church. 1649 Bp. J. Taylor Great Exemplar ii. xii. 157 When fasting is in order to greater and more concerning purposes, it puts on more religion. 1662 H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 2) Pref. Gen. p. viii I could not conceal so concerning a Truth. 1746 W. Best Royal Souldier 19 This, I say, is a very material and a very concerning Question. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison III. xvii. 136 Lady L. speaking..on this concerning subject. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1839) IV. 6 To utter all my meditations on this most concerning point! 1857 J. Sibree tr. G. W. F. Hegel Lect. Philos. Hist. 46 The concerning question is, what is the best constitution. 2. As the second element in compounds: that concerns, affects, or relates to what is specified by the first element, as soul-concerning.all-concerning, self-concerning: see the first element. ΚΠ 1644 T. Palmer Saints Support 14 I have here a large subject to treat off..being such a Christ-concerning poynt, a soule-concerning poynt. 1656 A. Cowley Pindarique Odes 13 in Poems For self-concerning ends. 1700 C. Mather Everlasting Gospel i. 4 Now, to set this All-concerning Truth, in a fair View before you all. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc ix. 425 But oh! remember ye, And in their generation let your sons Transmit to theirs the all-concerning truth. 1869 A. W. Haddan Apostolical Succession Church Eng. (1870) i. 7 Those..soul-concerning doctrines. 1984 A. Metcalfe In their Own Right ix. 233 Unemployment was the all-concerning national issue. 3. That gives cause for concern; troubling, vexing. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > anxiety > [adjective] > concerned > causing concern concerning1740 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 159 I cannot bear any thing that is the least concerning to you. 1890 F. A. Randle Imgar (ed. 2) iv. 18 They soon became rather numerous and very concerning, pelting the Hindoos with pebbles and rolling large rocks down ahead obstruently. 1987 Daily Tel. 19 Feb. 40/6 It is concerning that an MP and a Minister could suggest that you actually have to be a member of Parliament in order to have an opinion. 2012 Independent 20 July 16/2 Although only one complaint was ever upheld, the details of the alleged offences..are nonetheless concerning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). concerningprep. Brit. /kənˈsəːnɪŋ/, U.S. /kənˈsərnɪŋ/ Forms: see concern v. and -ing suffix²; also 1600s concerneinge; Scottish pre-1700 conserien (transmission error). Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; perhaps modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: English concerning , concern v. Etymology: < concerning, present participle of concern v., perhaps after Anglo-Norman concernaunt, Anglo-Norman and Middle French concernant (early 15th cent. or earlier).The prepositional use arose when the present participle was no longer limited to the function of complement to a preceding noun phrase, as in the following:1504 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VII (Electronic ed.) Parl. Jan. 1504 §40. m. 28 All the evydences, charters and munimentes concernyng the premisses.With this syntactic development, compare e.g. touching prep., regarding prep. 1. a. As regards; as relates to. Chiefly in as concerning: as far as concerns; as to. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relation [preposition] > respecting or concerning ofOE to-gainsc1175 againsta1225 anentc1225 towarda1240 froc1300 aforyen1340 again1340 touchinga1387 touchinga1398 touchant1399 concerning1525 re1707 fornent1709 regarding1779 1525 R. Sampson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. I. 355 And as concerning the interception off the lettirs they esteme it, Sir, for a very grevos matir. 1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xliii. 120 That Christ was ordained, concerning his humanity and not concerning the Godhead. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost i. i. 198 The matter is to me sir, as concerning Iaquenetta. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. ix. 5 Of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came. View more context for this quotation 1611 Bible (King James) Philipp. iii. 6 As touching the law, a Pharise; concerning zeale, persecuting the Church [Greek κατὰ, Rhem. according to, Revised as touching]; touching the righteousnesse which is in the Law, blameless. 1656 A. Cowley Misc. 27 in Poems When we trust Men concerning God, we then Trust not God concerning Men. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Kennel As concerning Horse-flesh, those best skill'd this Way approve of it, provided it be given with Discretion. 1792 T. Jefferson Writings (1859) III. 442 Their government, or policy, as concerning themselves or other nations. 1818 H. T. Colebrooke On Import Colonial Corn vi. 106 Its effect is, perhaps, commonly over-rated, as concerning the direct cost of wrought goods. 1902 M. L. Rodkinson tr. Babylonian Talmud (new ed.) VII. ix. 226 As concerning a murderer the Scripture makes a difference between intentionally and unintentionally. 2010 FourFourTwo June 24/4 Concerning everyday garments I prefer the so-called democratic style and wear plain T-shirts and jeans. †b. Preceding an infinitive or a subordinate clause: as far as concerns; as to. Also in concerning for in same sense. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1529 tr. M. Luther in tr. Erasmus Exhort. Studye Script. sig. I.ij^v It had ben more profitable for him yf he had abydden loose and free both as concerning for prayer and also for treatinge and speakinge the worde of god. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John 28 a Iohns disciples did enuye Iesu, forasmuche as concernyng he hymself was lately baptyzed of Iohn, and had behaued hymself as though he had been his disciple..he would now sodainly make himself equal to him. 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre vi. f. lxxxvi Concernyng for other consideracions, thei had twoo principall. 1562 P. Whitehorne tr. N. Machiavelli Arte of Warre ii. f. xxvii^v Concernyng to learne how to handell the weapons. 1611 Bible (King James) Acts xiii. 34 As concerning that he raised him vp from the dead. View more context for this quotation 2. In reference or relation to; regarding, about. Cf. concern v. 1a. N.E.D. (1891) remarks: ‘Now rather formal and literary: perhaps never colloquial.’ ΚΠ 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 1 Cor. xvi. A Concernynge [ Tindale of] the gadderynge that is made for the sayntes. 1541 M. Coverdale tr. H. Bullinger Olde Fayth sig. Eviij Concernynge the commynge of John the baptist. 1611 Bible (King James) Matt. xvi. 11 I spake it not to you concerning bread. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 204 But that is not the question: the question is concerning your marriage. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 78 I asked him concerning the Natives. 1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 195. ⁋11 Every servant..was examined concerning his departure. 1801 M. Edgeworth Forester in Moral Tales I. 88 He will make no inquiries concerning you. 1822 R. Southey in Q. Rev. 27 2 A point concerning which..biographers have not been able to satisfy themselves. 1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple i. 15 What has been said concerning the greatness and glory of Christ. 1945 P. H. Landis Adolescence & Youth iii. 33 One mother constantly remarked concerning her daughter's disregard of her authority, ‘Oh, she's just in adolescency.’ 1985 C. A. Mackinnon in C. Itzin Pornography (1993) xxiii. 496 Brian DePalma..was interviewed concerning the Williams episode. 2013 Neighbor News (Morris County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 21 Aug. 1 The Township Committee had questions about what was being done concerning the flooding problems. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1522adj.1641prep.1525
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