trouble

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[edit] Etymology

Verb is from Middle English troblen, from Old French trobler, from Medieval Latin *turbulare, from Latin turbula (disorderly group, a little crowd or people), diminutive of turba (crowd). The noun is from Middle English troble, from Old French troble,

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  • enPR: trŭb'l; IPA: [tɹʌbl̩], /tɹʌbəl/; SAMPA: ["trVbl=], /trVb@l/
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trouble (plural troubles)

  1. A distressful or dangerous situation.
    He was in trouble when the rain started.
  2. A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.
    The trouble was a leaking brake line.
    The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.
  3. A violent occurrence or event.
    The bridge column magnified the trouble with a slight tilt in the wrong direction.
  4. Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.
    It's no trouble for me to edit it.
  5. A malfunction, as in "heart trouble".
  6. Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.
    He had some trouble with the law.

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  • Verbs often used with "trouble": make, spell, stir, ask for, etc.

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[edit] Verb

trouble (third-person singular simple present troubles, present participle troubling, simple past and past participle troubled)

  1. (transitive, now rare) To disturb, stir up, agitate (a medium, especially water).
  2. (transitive) To mentally distress; to cause (someone) to be anxious or perplexed.
  3. (transitive) In weaker sense: to bother; to annoy, pester.
    Question 3 in the test is troubling me.
  4. (reflexive or intransitive) To take pains to do something.
    • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.26:
      Why trouble about the future? It is wholly uncertain.

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[edit] Noun

trouble

  1. trouble

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trouble

  1. first-person singular present indicative of troubler
  2. third-person singular present indicative of troubler
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of troubler
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of troubler
  5. second-person singular imperative of troubler
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