concerningpreposition
uk/kənˈsɜː.nɪŋ/us/kənˈsɝː.nɪŋ/formalB2 about:
I've had a letter from the tax authorities concerning my tax payments.
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- We wish to remove any ambiguity concerning our demands.
- They have been lobbying Congress to change the legislation concerning guns.
- I have received several letters concerning the proposal for a new road in the area.
- Has Margaret spoken to you concerning the new computers?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Regarding and concerning
- about
- apropos
- as
- as to idiom
- be/have something to do with sth idiom
- concerned
- cover
- in respect of sth idiom
- in the brain/looks department idiom
- into
- range
- re 1
- regard
- regarding
- relate
- relate to sb/sth
- say
- towards
- vis-à-vis
- wise
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concerningadjective
uk/kənˈsɜː.nɪŋ/us/kənˈsɝː.nɪŋ/formal not standardmaking you feel slightly worried:
The increase in crime in the area is very concerning.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Causing anxiety and worry
- alarming
- bite
- catch up with sb
- come back to bite sb idiom
- come back/home to roost idiom
- flap
- get/go beyond a joke idiom
- give sb the jitters idiom
- gnaw
- harass
- haunt
- joke
- sweat
- tense
- troubling
- unnerve
- unsettling
- weigh
- weigh on sb/sth
- weigh sb down
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