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noun
1.
the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.
2.
something that is printed or published and distributed, especially a given number of a periodical: Have you seen the latest issue of the magazine?
3.
something that is sent out or put forth in any form.
4.
a quantity of something that is officially offered for sale or put into circulation at one time: a new issue of commemorative stamps; a new bond issue.
5.
EXPANDa point in question or a matter that is in dispute, as between contending parties in an action at law.
6.
7.
a point the decision of which determines a matter: The real issue in the strike was the right to bargain collectively.
8.
a point at which a matter is ready for decision: to bring a case to an issue.
9.
something proceeding from any source, as a product, effect, result, or consequence: His words were the issue of an intelligent man.
10.
the ultimate result, event, or outcome of a proceeding, affair, etc.: the issue of a contest.
11.
a distribution of food rations, clothing, equipment, or ammunition to a number of officers or enlisted soldiers, or to a military unit.
12.
offspring; progeny: to die without issue.
13.
a going, coming, passing, or flowing out: free issue and entry.
14.
a place or means of egress; outlet or exit.
15.
something that comes out, as an outflowing stream.
16.
Pathology.
a.
a discharge of blood, pus, or the like.
b.
an incision, ulcer, or the like, emitting such a discharge.
17.
issues, English Law. the profits from land or other property.
18.
the printing of copies of a work from the original setting of type with some slight changes: the third issue of the poem.
19.
COLLAPSEObsolete. a proceeding or action.
verb (used with object)
20.
to put out; deliver for use, sale, etc.; put into circulation.
21.
to mint, print, or publish for sale or distribution: to issue a new coin; to issue a new book.
22.
to distribute (food, clothing, etc.) to one or more officers or enlisted soldiers or to a military unit.
23.
to send out; discharge; emit.
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Issues
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verb (used without object)
Idioms24.
to go, pass, or flow out; come forth; emerge: to issue forth to battle.
25.
to be sent, put forth, or distributed authoritatively or publicly, as a legal writ or money.
26.
to be published, as a book.
27.
to originate or proceed from any source.
28.
EXPANDto arise as a result or consequence; result: a reaction that issues from the stimulus.
29.
Chiefly Law. to proceed as offspring, or be born or descended.
30.
Chiefly Law. to come as a yield or profit, as from land.
31.
Archaic. to have the specified outcome, result, etc. (often followed by in).
32.
COLLAPSEObsolete. to end; terminate.
33.
at issue,
a.
being disputed or under discussion.
b.
being at opposite viewpoints; in disagreement: Medical experts are still at issue over the proper use of tranquilizers.
34.
join issue,
a.
to enter into controversy or take exception to.
b.
to submit an issue jointly for legal decision.
35.
take issue, to disagree; dispute: He took issue with me on my proposal for a new advertising campaign.
Origin:
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English < Middle French: place or passage out; Old French (e)issue < Vulgar Latin *exūta, noun use of feminine of *exūtus, Latin exitus exit; (v.) Middle English issuen, derivative of the noun, or < Middle French, Old French (e)issu, past participle of issir to go out (≪ Latin exīre); see exit
1275–1325; (noun) Middle English < Middle French: place or passage out; Old French (e)issue < Vulgar Latin *exūta, noun use of feminine of *exūtus, Latin exitus exit; (v.) Middle English issuen, derivative of the noun, or < Middle French, Old French (e)issu, past participle of issir to go out (≪ Latin exīre); see exit
Related forms
is·sue·less, adjective
is·su·er, noun
out·is·sue, verb (used with object), -sued, -su·ing.
pre·is·sue, noun, verb (used with object), -sued, -su·ing.
self-is·sued, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
2. copy, edition, printing. 5-7. crux. 6, 7. problem, question. 10. upshot, conclusion, end. 24. See emerge. 27. flow, emanate, arise, spring. 28. ensue.
2. copy, edition, printing. 5-7. crux. 6, 7. problem, question. 10. upshot, conclusion, end. 24. See emerge. 27. flow, emanate, arise, spring. 28. ensue.
Antonyms
24. return.
24. return.
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Link To issues
Example Sentences
- On issues where the harm is discernable and logical responses are readily available, public anger can drive change.
- Sandra is a leading authority on international freshwater issues and is spearheading our global freshwater initiative.
- Ditto for the following environmental issues hot off the press.
Dictionary.com's 21st Century Lexicon
| Main Entry: | issues |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | personal problems, esp. difficulties or disagreements with someone or something |
| Example: | She has issues with her son's teachers. |
| Usage: | pl n, slang |
Etymonline
Word Origin & History
issue
c.1300, from O.Fr. issue "a way out, exit," from fem. pp. of issir "to go out," from L. exire, from ex- "out" + ire "to go," from PIE base *ei- "to go" (see ion). Meaning "discharge of blood or other fluid from the body" is from 1520s; sense of "offspring" is from late 14c.
EXPAND Meaning "outcome of an action" is attested from late 14c.; legal sense of "point in question at the conclusion of the presentation by both parties in a suit" (early 14c. in Anglo-Fr.) led to transf. sense of "a point to be decided" (1836). Meaning "action of sending into publication or circulation" is from 1833. The verb meaning "to flow out" (c.1300) is from O.Fr. issu, pp. of issir; sense of "to send out authoritatively" is from c.1600; that of "to supply (someone with something)" is from 1925.
COLLAPSE
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Medical Dictionary
issue is·sue (ĭsh'&oomacr;)
n.
A discharge, as of blood or pus.
A lesion, a wound, or an ulcer that produces a discharge of this sort.
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Slang Dictionary
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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