concerned

adj.

1 worried about sth

VERBS

▪ be, feel, look, seem, sound

▪ become, get, grow

▪ remain

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ deeply, especially, genuinely, gravely, greatly, particularly, seriously, terribly

▪ increasingly

▪ a little, slightly, etc.

▪ (not) overly, (not) unduly

▪

She was not unduly concerned by the prospect of managing on her own.

▪ naturally, understandably

▪ rightly

▪ simply

PREPOSITION

▪ about, at, by, over

▪

The leadership was concerned at the perceived failure to find a solution,

▪

Doctors are concerned at the prospect of patients having to wait up to a year for surgery.

▪ for

▪

We are now deeply concerned for his safety.

2 interested in sth

VERBS

▪ be

ADVERB

▪ especially, particularly, specifically

▪ entirely, exclusively, solely

▪ centrally, chiefly, essentially, largely, mainly, mostly, predominantly, primarily, principally

▪

Cubist painting was not primarily concerned with lifelike representation.

▪ closely (esp. BrE), directly, intimately

PREPOSITION

▪ with

▪

Social anthropology is centrally concerned with the diversity of culture.

Concerned is used with these nouns: ↑citizen, ↑expression, ↑face, ↑look, ↑parent, ↑party, ↑voice