concerning

concerning

English

Etymology

From concern +‎ -ing. The adjective and preposition follow from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɝnɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsɜːnɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ

Adjective

concerning (comparative more concerning, superlative most concerning)

1. Causing concern; worrying.

   it's very concerning that our neighbour seems to be crying very loudly these days

2. (obsolete) Important.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), 6th edition, London: […] J[ames] Bettenham, for Jonah Bowyer, […], published 1727, OCLC 21766567:

     So great and so concerning truth.

Preposition

concerning

1. Regarding, respecting.

   Physically, everything is perfect, but concerning your mental state, you have some problems.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Numbers 10:29:

     The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.

Synonyms

• apropos, as for; See also Thesaurus:about

Translations

regarding

Arabic: فِي مَا يَتَعَلَق بِـ‎ (fī mā yataʿalaq bi-) Armenian: վերաբերյալ (hy) (veraberyal) Bashkir: тураһында (turahında) Belarusian: нако́нт (nakónt), адно́сна (adnósna) Bulgarian: отно́сно (bg) (otnósno) Chinese: Mandarin: 關於／关于 (zh) (guānyú) Danish: hvad angår, med hensyn til, vedrørende, -mæssig, angående Dutch: met betrekking tot (nl), omtrent (nl), aangaande (nl), betreffende (nl) Esperanto: koncerne al, rilate al Finnish: koskien (fi), liittyen (fi), puheen ollen French: à propos de (fr), au sujet de (fr), quant à (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: betreffs (de), bezüglich (de) Greek: Ancient Greek: περί (perí) (+ genitive) Hebrew: -בנוגע ל‎ (b'nogéa` l'-) Hungarian: ami …-t illet/illeti Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Italian: per quanto riguarda Khmer: please add this translation if you can Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لە بارەی‎ (le barey) Kyrgyz: жөнүндө (ky) (jönündö) Latin: de (la) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Persian: دربارۀ‎ (fa) (darbâre-ye) Polish: dotyczący (pl) Portuguese: quanto a Russian: относи́тельно (ru) (otnosítelʹno) (+ genitive case), каса́тельно (ru) (kasátelʹno) (+ genitive case) Scots: hereanent Scottish Gaelic: ri linn, mu dheidhinn, mu thimcheall Spanish: concerniente (es), referente (es), sobre (es) Swedish: angående (sv), beträffande (sv), rörande (sv) Thai: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: що́до (uk) (ščódo) (+ genitive case), відно́сно (vidnósno), стосо́вно (stosóvno) Vietnamese: liên quan đến, về việc

Verb

concerning

1. present participle of concern

Noun

concerning (plural concernings)

1. That which one is concerned in; one's business.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:

     We shall write to you, / As Time and our Concernings shall importune, / How it goes with us, and do look to know / What doth befall you here.