Trouble | Mean of trouble in English Dictionary

/ˈtrʌbəl/

• Noun
• problems or difficulties
1. The new system is giving me trouble.
2. He was having trouble with his homework.
3. I had a little trouble finding the place.
4. He had no trouble finding a new job.
5. This decision could spell trouble [=cause problems] for all of us.
6. So far, the trip has been trouble free. [=so far, there have been no problems on the trip]
7. gangs looking to make/cause trouble
8. She told me all her personal troubles.
9. Your troubles are over now that he's out of your life.
10. I have my own troubles to worry about.
11. They've had some financial troubles since he lost his job.
• a situation that is difficult or has a lot of problems
1. When the new CEO arrived, the company was in trouble.
2. She's in big/deep financial trouble. [=she has serious problems with her money]
3. She got into trouble with her credit cards.
4. Can anyone help get the company out of trouble? [=solve the company's problems]
• a situation that occurs if you do something wrong or break a rule and which will make someone angry or cause you to be punished
1. He's always getting in/into trouble at school.
2. He promised to keep/stay out of trouble. [=behave well, not do anything bad]
3. She was in trouble with the police.
4. He will be in trouble with his mom if he's late.

• a physical pain or illness
1. heart/stomach trouble
2. She has been having trouble with her knee.
• a situation in which a machine does not work correctly
1. He's been having car/engine/computer trouble.
2. She was having trouble with her computer.
• a bad feature, characteristic, quality, etc.
1. His trouble is that he's lazy and unreliable.
2. The trouble with driving into the city is finding a place to park.
• extra effort or work
1. You didn't have to go to all that trouble for me. [=you didn't have to do all the extra work for me]
2. Thank you for taking the trouble [=making the effort] to write.
3. They didn't even take the trouble to call and let me know they'd be late.
4. I decided that upgrading the software was more trouble than it's worth.
5. It's not worth the trouble.
6. If it's no trouble [=if it is not too difficult or inconvenient], could you bring us some more coffee?
7. “I'm sorry to bother you.” “It's no trouble. I'm happy to help.”
• Verb
• to make (someone) feel worried or upset
1. The accusations troubled him deeply.
2. I'm troubled by his strange behavior.
• to disturb or bother (someone)
1. I don't mean to trouble you, but I have a question.
2. Could I trouble you for the time? [=can you tell me what time it is?]
3. Don't trouble yourself [=I don't need your help], I can handle it.
• to cause (someone) to feel pain
1. My back has been troubling [=bothering] me again.
• to make an effort to do something
1. I wish you'd at least troubled [=bothered] to call.