troubleshootingnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈtrʌb.əlˌʃuː.tɪŋ/us/ˈtrʌb.əlˌʃuː.t̬ɪŋ/discovering why something does not work effectively and making suggestions about how to improve it:
The instruction manual includes a section on troubleshooting to help you with any simple problems you might have with the TV.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Correcting and mending
- clean (sth) up
- correction
- fiddle (around) with sth
- fine-tune
- fix sth up
- lie
- mess
- patch
- reconstruction
- refine
- refinement
- refit
- remediate
- revised
- smooth
- sort sth/sb out
- tune
- tune (sth) up
- under repair idiom
- work on sth
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troubleshoot
verb [ I or T ] uk/ˈtrʌb.əl.ʃuːt/us/ˈtrʌb.əl.ʃuːt/troubleshot, troubleshot
They brought me in to troubleshoot - to go in, sort out the problem, and get out again.
A top German engineer has been appointed to troubleshoot the cause of the accident.
troubleshooter
noun [ C ] uk/ˈtrʌb.əlˌʃuː.tər/us/ˈtrʌb.əlˌʃuː.t̬ɚ/
He is an important strategist and troubleshooter for the organization.