Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

worry

2 noun
     
worry2 S3 plural worries
1 [countable] a problem that you are anxious about or are not sure how to deal with
somebody's main/biggest/real etc worry
My main worry is finding somewhere to live.
I had a lot of financial worries.
be a worry to/for somebody
Money was always a big worry for us.
2 [uncountable and countable] the feeling of being anxious about something
be frantic/sick/desperate etc with worry (=feel extremely anxious)
His mother was desperate with worry.
He's been a constant source of worry.
worry about
We had no worries about safety.
3

no worries

British English spoken used to agree to what someone wants and to say that it will be no problem:
'Can you deliver on Thursday?' 'Yeah, no worries, mate.'
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary