Meaning

14 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A distressing or dangerous situation.

    He was in trouble when the rain started.

    Ärger

    беда́bedá, злоключе́ниеzloključénije, неприя́тностьneprijátnostʹ

    ха́лепаxálepa, хале́паxalépa, біда́bidá

  2. (countable, uncountable)A difficulty, problem, condition, or action contributing to such a situation.

    The trouble was a leaking brake line.

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

  3. (countable, uncountable)A person liable to place others or themselves in such a situation.

  4. (countable, uncountable)The state of being troubled, disturbed, or distressed mentally; unease, disquiet.

    Schwierigkeit

    затрудне́ниеzatrudnénije, тру́дностьtrúdnostʹ, хло́потыxlópoty

    тру́днощіtrúdnošči

  5. (countable, uncountable)Objectionable feature of something or someone; problem, drawback, weakness, failing, or shortcoming.

    Your trouble is that you quit too readily.

    The trouble with that suggestion is that we lack the funds to put it in motion.

  6. (countable, uncountable)Violent or turbulent occurrence or event; unrest, disturbance.

    the troubles in Northern Ireland

    беда́bedá

  7. (countable, uncountable)Efforts taken or expended, typically beyond the normal required.

    It’s no trouble for me to edit it.

  8. (countable, uncountable)Difficulty in doing something.

    She has trouble eating.

    a source of difficulty

  9. (countable, uncountable)Health problems, ailment, generally of some particular part of the body.

    He’s been in hospital with some heart trouble.

  10. (countable, uncountable)A malfunction.

    My old car has engine trouble.

    Störung

    непола́дкиnepoládki, перебо́йperebój

  11. (countable, uncountable)Liability to punishment; conflict with authority.

    He had some trouble with the law.

    пробле́мыproblémy

  12. (countable, uncountable)A fault or interruption in a stratum.

Examples

3380 sentences
  1. That was well worth the trouble.

    То було цілком варто клопоту.

    deDas war die Mühe wirklich wert.

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  2. I think Tom is in trouble.

    Мені здається, Том у біді.

    ruЯ думаю, у Тома проблемы.

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  3. You're in trouble again, aren't you?

    У тебе знову неприємності, еге ж?

    ruУ тебя, что ли, снова неприятности?

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  4. We heard Tom was in trouble.

    Ми чули, що Том у біді.

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  5. We've had trouble with Tom before.

    У нас уже і раніше були проблеми з Томом.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
distressful or dangerous situation:
difficulty:
Русский
By meaning 5
effort:
distressful or dangerous situation:
difficulty:
malfunction:
liability for punishment:
Deutsch
By meaning 4
effort:
distressful or dangerous situation:
difficulty:
malfunction:

Origin

Verb is from Middle English troublen, trouble, borrowed from Old French troubler, trobler,

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.

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Forms

plural: troubles
Singulartrouble
Pluraltroubles

regular

Synonyms

166 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

34 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • get into trouble
  • was in trouble
  • get in trouble
  • lot of trouble
  • any trouble
  • is having trouble
  • have any trouble
  • trouble finding
  • trouble doing doing
  • had trouble finding
  • having trouble sleeping
  • troubled by what

See also

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