concerned

adj 1: feeling or showing worry or solicitude; "concerned parents

of youthful offenders"; "was concerned about the

future"; "we feel concerned about accomplishing the

task at hand"; "greatly concerned not to disappoint a

small child" [ant: {unconcerned}]

2: involved in or affected by or having a claim to or share in;

"a memorandum to those concerned"; "an enterprise in which

three men are concerned"; "factors concerned in the rise

and fall of epidemics"; "the interested parties met to

discuss the business" [syn: {interested}]

3: in relation (or in regard) to; especially as in the phrases;

"as far as x is concerned"; "where x is concerned"

4: culpably involved; "all those concerned in the bribery case

have been identified"; "named three officials implicated

in the plot"; "an innocent person implicated by

circumstances in a crime" [syn: {implicated}]