issue
Noun · VerbOpen English WordNet
Verb (5)issues, issued, issuing
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale“publish a magazine or newspaper”Synonyms: publishbring output outreleaseMore general publicize, publiciseMore specific edit
- circulate or distribute or equip with“issue a new uniform to the children”“supply blankets for the beds”Synonyms: supplyOpposite recallMore general distributeMore specific free, unblock, reissue
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)More general communicate, intercommunicate
- come out of“Water issued from the hole in the wall”“The words seemed to come out by themselves”Synonyms: emergecome outcome forthgo forthegressMore general come, come upMore specific come out, pop out, radiate, escape, leak, debouch, fall
- make out and issue“write out a check”“cut a ticket”“Please make the check out to me”Synonyms: write outmake outcutMore general writeMore specific check
Noun (11)issues
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled“the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone”“politicians never discuss the real issues”Type of content, cognitive contentKinds pocketbook issue, quodlibet, paramount issue, gut issue
- one of a series published periodically“she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room”Synonyms: numberType of periodicalKinds editionMember of series, serial
- some situation or event that is thought about“he kept drifting off the topic”“he had been thinking about the subject for several years”“it is a matter for the police”Synonyms: topicsubjectmatterType of content, cognitive contentKinds area, remit, blind spot, res judicata
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)“a new issue of stamps”“the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago”Synonyms: issuingissuanceType of provision, supplyKinds stock issue
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the governmentSynonyms: military issuegovernment issueType of store, stock
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property“the average return was about 5%”Synonyms: returntaketakingsproceedsyieldpayoffType of incomeKinds economic rent, payback
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon“the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise”“his decision had depressing consequences for business”“he acted very wise after the event”Synonyms: consequenceeffectoutcomeresulteventupshot
- the immediate descendants of a person“she was the mother of many offspring”“he died without issue”Synonyms: offspringprogeny
- the becoming visible“not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins”Synonyms: emergenceegress
- an opening that permits escape or release“he blocked the way out”“the canyon had only one issue”Synonyms: exitoutletway out
- the act of issuing printed materialsSynonyms: publication
What does it mean? Question 1 of today’s quiz
Translations
Noun problem or concern
Noun a single edition of a periodical publication
- Spanish
- número
- French
- numéro
- German
- Ausgabe
- Portuguese
- edição
- Russian
- но́мер nómer
- Arabic
- عَدَد ʕadad
- Dutch
- aflevering
- Polish
- wydanie
- Greek
- τεύχος téfchos
- Vietnamese
- số
5 more languages
- Portuguese (PT)
- fascículo
- Hebrew
- מהדורה mahadura
- Latvian
- numurs
- Welsh
- argraffiad
- Yiddish
- נומער numer
Noun contested point in a dispute or debate
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. ἰέναι, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. Ambition, Count a nobleman, Commence, Errant, Exit, Eyre, Initial, Yede went.
1. 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.
2. The act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury.
3. That which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper.
4. Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
If the king Should without issue die.— William Shakespeare
5. Produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits.
6. A discharge of flux, as of blood. Matt. ix. 20.
7. Medicine An artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part.
8. The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
Come forth to view The issue of the exploit.— William Shakespeare
While it is hot, I 'll put it to the issue.— William Shakespeare
9. A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide; a point of contention; a matter in controversy.
10. Law In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned. Blount. Cowell.
At issue, in controversy; disputed; opposing or contesting; hence, at variance; disagreeing; inconsistent.
As much at issue with the summer day As if you brought a candle out of doors.— Eliz. Barrett Browning
— Bank of issue, Collateral issue, etc. See under Bank, Collateral, etc. — Issue pea, a pea, or a similar round body, used to maintain irritation in a wound, and promote the secretion and discharge of pus. — To join issue, or To take issue, to take opposing sides in a matter in controversy.
1. To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place.
From it issued forced drops of blood.— William Shakespeare
2. To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
3. To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
4. To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
Of thy sons that shall issue from thee.— 2 Kings xx. 18.
5. To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
6. To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
7. To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
8. Law In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
1. To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
2. To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
3. To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC