Is Troubleshoot One Word or Two?

Once, this word was hyphenated (“trouble-shoot”), but now, “troubleshoot” is most commonly used as a single word.

Is troubleshooting one word or two words?

verb (used without object), trou·ble·shoot·ed or trou·ble·shot, trou·ble·shoot·ing. to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.

Is troubleshoot a compound word?

In all, there are only a couple definitions of the compound word present tense “troubleshoot,” and they all have to do with the act of trying to find a solution to a mechanical or software related issue, usually in machinery or computer hardware and software. ... The present participle (or gerund) is troubleshooting.

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