Concerning

• POS: Adjective, Preposition
• HYPHEN: con=cern=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

Concerning, prep. 

 Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards.  [1913 Webster]
"I have accepted thee concerning this thing."  [1913 Webster]
"The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel."  [1913 Webster]

Concerning, a. 

 Important.  [1913 Webster]
"So great and so concerning truth."  [1913 Webster]

Concerning, n. 

•  That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest.  I. Watts.  [1913 Webster]

  "To mix with thy concernments I desist."  [1913 Webster]
•  Importance; moment; consequence.  [1913 Webster]

  "Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer."  [1913 Webster]
•  Concern; participation; interposition.  [1913 Webster]

  "He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence."  [1913 Webster]
•  Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety.  [1913 Webster]

  "While they are so eager to destroy the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Concerning, prep. about, regarding.

THESAURUS

Concerning

about, against, anent, apropos of, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, in connection with, in point of, in re, in reference to, in regard to, in relation to, in relation with, in respect to, of, on, pertaining to, pertinent to, re, referring to, regarding, relating to, relative to, respecting, speaking of, touching, upon, with regard to, with respect to

ROGET THESAURUS

Concerning

Relation

N relation, bearing, reference, connection, concern, cognation, correlation, analogy, similarity, affinity, homology, alliance, homogeneity, association, approximation, filiation, interest, relevancy, dependency, relationship, relative position, comparison, ratio, proportion, link, tie, bond of union, relative, correlative, cognate, relating to, relative to, in relation with, referable or referrible to, belonging to, appurtenant to, in common with, related, connected, implicated, associated, affiliated, allied to, en rapport, in touch with, approximative, approximating, proportional, proportionate, proportionable, allusive, comparable, in the same category, like, relevant, applicable, equiparant, relatively, pertinently, thereof, as to, as for, as respects, as regards, about, concerning, anent, relating to, as relates to, with relation, with reference to, with respect to, with regard to, in respect of, while speaking of, a propos of, in connection with, by the way, by the by, whereas, for as much as, in as much as, in point of, as far as, on the part of, on the score of, quoad hoc, pro re nata, under the head of, of, in the matter of, in re, thereby hangs a tale.