How to pronounce concern
American English pronunciation
kun-SURN
- IPA
- /kənˈsɝn/
- Syllables
- kun · SURN (2 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What concern means
Most people know concern in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.
A business or company
In a sentence: The bakery is a family concern that has sold bread on Main Street for a hundred years.
Where it comes from: It comes from the Latin concernere, to mix or sift together, made from con-, together, and cernere, to sort or tell apart. The worry meaning comes from the same word.
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