Definition of
Issue
- (noun, cognition) an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
politicians never discuss the real issues - (noun, communication) one of a series published periodically
- (noun, cognition) some situation or event that is thought about
he had been thinking about the subject for several years
it is a matter for the police - (noun, act) the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago - (noun, possession) supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- (noun, possession) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
- (noun, phenomenon) a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
his decision had depressing consequences for business
he acted very wise after the event - (noun, person) the immediate descendants of a person
he died without issue - (noun, event) the becoming visible
- (noun, artifact) an opening that permits escape or release
the canyon had only one issue - (noun, act) the act of issuing printed materials
- (verb, communication) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
- (verb, social) circulate or distribute or equip with
supply blankets for the beds - (verb, communication) bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
- (verb, change) come out of
The words seemed to come out by themselves - (verb, communication) make out and issue
cut a ticket
Please make the check out to me
- (noun, cognition) an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
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Synonyms of Issue
bring out, come forth, come out, consequence, cut, effect, egress, emerge, emergence, event, exit, go forth, government issue, issuance, issuing, make out, matter, military issue, number, offspring, outcome, outlet, payoff, proceeds, progeny, publication, publish, put out, release, result, return, subject, supply, take, takings, topic, upshot, way out, write out, yield
Antonyms of Issue
Alternate forms of Issue
Derivations: issue, issuer, issuing
Hyponyms: aftereffect, aftermath, area, baby, backwash, bandwagon effect, bastard, blind spot, branch, bread-and-butter issue, brisance, butterfly effect, by-blow, by-product, byproduct, change, check, child, coattails effect, come out, coriolis effect, debouch, dent, dissilience, domino effect, economic rent, edit, edition, eldest, eruption, escape, fall, fall out, fallout, firstborn, free, grandchild, gut issue, harvest, heir, hot-button issue, illegitimate, illegitimate child, impact, influence, kid, knock-on effect, leak, love child, materialisation, materialization, offset, offshoot, offspring, outfall, outgrowth, paramount issue, payback, placebo effect, pocketbook issue, pop out, position effect, product, quodlibet, radiate, reissue, release, remit, rent, repercussion, res adjudicata, res judicata, response, reverberation, side effect, spillover, stock issue, successor, unblock, unfreeze, wake, wallop, whoreson
Hypernyms: air, bare, beginning, cognitive content, communicate, content, distribute, fund, income, intercommunicate, mental object, opening, periodical, phenomenon, printing, provision, publicise, publicize, relation, relative, stock, store, supply, supplying, write
Origin of the word 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. Meaning "outcome of an action" is attested from late 14c.; lega… more
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