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a situation in which you experience problems, usually because of something you have done wrong or badly: He's never been in trouble with his teachers before. She'll be in big trouble if she scratches Sam's car. He got into financial trouble after his divorce. I hope you won't get into trouble because of what I said to your dad.
Merriam-Webster unabridged. The meaning of TROUBLE is the quality or state of being troubled especially mentally. How to use trouble in a sentence.
Synonyms for TROUBLE: disease, ailment, illness, ill, condition, disorder, fever, sickness; Antonyms of TROUBLE: health, wellness, soundness, fitness, robustness, shape, wholeness, wholesomeness.
Definition of trouble noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
noun. difficulty, annoyance, or harassment: It would be no trouble at all to advise you. unfortunate or distressing position, circumstance, or occurrence; misfortune: Financial trouble may threaten security. civil disorder, disturbance, or conflict: political trouble in the new republic; labor troubles.
Trouble is anything that causes difficulty, worry, and inconvenience, or that prevents you from doing something. If you have trouble getting along with a classmate, it is hard to be friendly with him or her.
a situation in which you have done something wrong and are likely to be punished: Her children are always in trouble.
GRAMMAR: Countable or uncountable? • Trouble is usually used as an uncountable noun: Are you having trouble with your car? Don’t say: Are you having a trouble with your car? Trouble is not used with ‘a’. • The plural form troubles is used when talking about worries or bad experiences that someone has: Tell me about all your troubles.
Definition of trouble verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you say that one aspect of a situation is the trouble, you mean that it is the aspect which is causing problems or making the situation unsatisfactory. The trouble is that these restrictions have remained while other things have changed.
