Meanings
comparative more concerning · superlative most concerning
- obsoleteImportant.
So great and so concerning truth.
1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
- Regarding, respecting.
Physically, everything is perfect, but concerning your mental state, you have some problems.
1 more example
The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 10:29
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of concern
plural concernings
- That which one is concerned in; one's business.
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.
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, [Act I, scene i]
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
From concern + -ing. The adjective and preposition follow from the verb.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek περί
- περί (perí)regarding
Arabic فِي مَا يَتَعَلَق بِـ
- فِي مَا يَتَعَلَق بِـ (fī mā yataʕalaq bi-)regarding
Bulgarian отно́сно
- отно́сно (otnósno)regarding
Chinese Mandarin 關於 /关于
- 關於 /关于 (guānyú)regarding
Danish hvad angår, med hensyn til
- hvad angårregarding
- med hensyn tilregarding
- vedrørenderegarding
- -mæssigregarding
- angåenderegarding
Dutch met betrekking tot, omtrent
- met betrekking totregarding
- omtrentregarding
- aangaanderegarding
- betreffenderegarding
Esperanto pri, koncerne al
- priregarding
- koncerne alregarding
- rilate alregarding
Finnish koskien, liittyen
- koskienregarding
- liittyenregarding
- puheen ollenregarding
French à propos de, au sujet de
- à propos deregarding
- au sujet deregarding
- quant àregarding
- concernantregarding
German besorgniserregend, betreffs
- besorgniserregendcausing concern
- betreffsregarding
- bezüglichregarding
Hebrew בְּנוֹגֵעַ לְ־
- בְּנוֹגֵעַ לְ־ (b'nogéa' l'-)regarding
Hindi विषयक
- विषयक (viṣyak)regarding
Hungarian ami …-t illet/illeti
- ami …-t illet/illetiregarding
Icelandic varðandi
- varðandiregarding
Italian per quanto riguarda
- per quanto riguardaregarding
Latin de
- deregarding
Norwegian Bokmål vedrørende, angående
- vedrørenderegarding
- angåenderegarding
- hva angårregarding
Persian دربارهٔ
- دربارهٔ (darbâre-ye)regarding
Polish dotyczący
- dotyczącyregarding
Portuguese quanto a
- quanto aregarding
Russian относи́тельно, каса́тельно
- относи́тельно (otnosítelʹno)regarding
- каса́тельно (kasátelʹno)regarding
- насчёт (nasčót)regarding
Scottish Gaelic ri linn, mu dheidhinn
- ri linnregarding
- mu dheidhinnregarding
- mu thimcheallregarding
- a thaobhregarding
Spanish concerniente, concerniente a
- concernientecausing concern
- concerniente aregarding
- referente aregarding
- sobreregarding
- concerniendoregarding
- acerca deregarding
Swedish angående, beträffande
- angåenderegarding
- beträffanderegarding
- röranderegarding
Ukrainian що́до, відно́сно
- що́до (ščódo)regarding
- відно́сно (vidnósno)regarding
- стосо́вно (stosóvno)regarding
Vietnamese liên quan đến, về việc
- liên quan đếnregarding
- về việcregarding
Yiddish װעגן
- װעגן (vegn)regarding
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with concerning
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concerning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concerning
“concerning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concerning. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “concerning,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/concerning.
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