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issue
('/I//S//u/ )

noun (n)

  • an important question that is in dispute and must be settled(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    The issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone.
    Politicians never discuss the real issues.
    source: wordnet30
  • one of a series published periodically(noun.communication)
    Example:
    She found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room.
    Synonym:
    number
    source: wordnet30
  • some situation or event that is thought about(noun.cognition)
    Synonym:
    matter, subject, topic
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)(noun.act)
    Example:
    A new issue of stamps.
    The last issue of penicillin was over a month ago.
    Synonym:
    issuance, issuing
    source: wordnet30
  • supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government(noun.possession)
    Synonym:
    government issue, military issue
    source: wordnet30
  • the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property(noun.possession)
    Synonym:
    payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield
    source: wordnet30
  • a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon(noun.phenomenon)
    Synonym:
    consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot
    source: wordnet30
  • the immediate descendants of a person(noun.person)
    Example:
    He died without issue.
    Synonym:
    offspring, progeny
    source: wordnet30
  • the becoming visible(noun.event)
    Synonym:
    egress, emergence
    source: wordnet30
  • an opening that permits escape or release(noun.artifact)
    Example:
    The canyon had only one issue.
    Synonym:
    exit, outlet, way out
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of issuing printed materials(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    publication
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • prepare and issue for public distribution or sale(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    bring out, publish, put out, release
    source: wordnet30
  • circulate or distribute or equip with(verb.social)
    Example:
    Issue a new uniform to the children.
    Synonym:
    supply
    Antonym:
    recall
    source: wordnet30
  • bring out an official document (such as a warrant)(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • come out of(verb.change)
    Example:
    Water issued from the hole in the wall.
    Synonym:
    come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth
    source: wordnet30
  • make out and issue(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    cut, make out, write out
    source: wordnet30
  • To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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