Meanings
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1
noun
A problem, difficulty, or worry.
One trouble after another delayed the job.
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2
noun
A dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant situation.
He was in serious trouble when the rain started.
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3
noun
Extra effort or inconvenience.
She went to a lot of trouble to make us feel welcome.
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4
verb
To cause someone worry, inconvenience, or discomfort.
Sorry to trouble you, but could you help me with this?
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Etymology
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.