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troubleshoot

verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • trŭbʹəl-shūt'
  • /ˈtɹʌbl̩ˌʃuːt/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AH1 B AH0 L SH UW2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To analyze or diagnose (a problem, or something faulty) to the point of determining a solution.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: ambitransitive

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: debug, diagnose, check, investigate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: shoot trouble, debug, diagnose, check, investigate

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

solve problems

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He is known to be good at trouble-shooting

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trouble-shoot

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on

History

Etymology

Back-formation from troubleshooter; by surface analysis, trouble + shoot.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: fout opspoor — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排查解決 /排查解决 (páichá jiějué) — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Dutch: diagnosticeren — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Finnish: etsiä vika — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Finnish: ratkaista ongelma — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Finnish: selvittää ongelma — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • German: untersuchen — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • German: ergründen — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • German: durchleuchten — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Irish: fabhtcheartaigh — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Māori: rapurongoā — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Norwegian Bokmål: feilsøke — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Polish: rozwiązywać problemy — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Polish: rozwiązać problemy — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Spanish: solucionar el problema — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Spanish: hallar la solución — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Spanish: localizar el problema — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution
  • Vietnamese: khắc phục sự cố — to analyze or diagnose a problem to the point of determining a solution