trouble

CEFRA2

/ˈtɹʌbəl/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Problems, difficulties, or a state of worry.

  2. 02

    verb

    To cause problems or worry for someone.

Examples

  • More people get into trouble for things they say rather than for what they do.

  • We've had nothing but trouble with this car.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [ˈtɹʌbɫ̩]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.

  2. A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.

  3. A distressing or dangerous situation.

More examples

In context

  • You needn't have gone to the trouble.

  • He was in trouble when the rain started.

  • The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Verb is from Middle English troublen, trouble, borrowed from Old French troubler, trobler, trubler, metathetic variants of tourbler, torbler, turbler, from Vulgar Latin *turbulō, from Latin turbula (“disorderly group, a little crowd or people”), diminutive of turba (“stir; crowd”). The noun is from Middle English trouble, troble, from Old French troble, from the verb.