bother (verb)

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• bother — ► VERB 1) take the trouble to do. 2) worry, disturb, or upset. 3) (bother with/about) feel concern about or interest in. ► NOUN 1) trouble and fuss. 2) (a bother) a cause of trouble or fuss …   English terms dictionary

• bother — verb 1》 [with negative] take the trouble to do something: he didn t bother to ask why. 2》 worry, disturb, or upset (someone).     ↘[usu. with negative] feel concern about or interest in. noun trouble; fuss. ↘a cause of trouble or fuss.… …   English new terms dictionary

• bother — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun VERB + BOTHER ▪ have (esp. BrE) ▪ I had a little bother finding your house. ▪ cause, give sb (both esp. BrE) ▪ Your little boy didn t give me any bother …   Collocations dictionary

• bother — [[t]bɒ̱ðə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ bothers, bothering, bothered 1) VERB: with brd neg If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too… …   English dictionary

• bother — 1 verb 1 MAKE AN EFFORT (I, T) to make the effort to do something (+ about/with) BrE: I m too busy to bother about fixing it now. | (not) bother to do sth: Unfortunately he didn t bother to check the exact wording of the contract before he signed …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• bother — I UK [ˈbɒðə(r)] / US [ˈbɑðər] verb Word forms bother : present tense I/you/we/they bother he/she/it bothers present participle bothering past tense bothered past participle bothered *** 1) [intransitive, usually in negatives or questions] if you… …   English dictionary

• bother — both|er1 [ baðər ] verb ** 1. ) intransitive usually in negatives or questions if you do not bother to do something, you do not do it, either because there seems to be no good reason or because it involves too much effort: bother to do something …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• bother*/*/ — [ˈbɒðə] verb I 1) if you do not bother to do something, you do not do it because it is not sensible or because you feel lazy It was such a stupid question, I didn t even bother to reply.[/ex] Don t bother inviting Janet.[/ex] Don t bother about… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• bother — 1. verb /ˈbɒðər,ˈbɔðə(ɹ),ˈbɒðə(ɹ),ˈbɑðɚ/ a) To annoy, to disturb, to irritate. Would it bother you if I smoked? b) To do something at ones own inconvenience. Why do I even bother to try? …   Wiktionary

• bother — 1. verb 1) no one bothered her Syn: disturb, trouble, inconvenience, pester, badger, harass, molest, plague; informal hassle, bug; N.English; informal mither; N.Amer.; informal ride 2) …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• bother — I. verb (bothered; bothering) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1728 transitive verb 1. to annoy especially by petty provocation ; irk 2. to intrude upon ; pester 3. to cause to be somewhat anxious or concer …   New Collegiate Dictionary