issue

noun

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    the act of issuing printed materials

  3. 3

    an opening that permits escape or release

    he blocked the way out

    the canyon had only one issue

  4. 4

    some situation or event that is thought about

    he kept drifting off the topic

    he had been thinking about the subject for several years

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    one of a series published periodically

    she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room

  7. 7

    the becoming visible

    not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins

  8. 8

    the immediate descendants of a person

    she was the mother of many offspring

    he died without issue

  9. 9

    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

  10. 10

    the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

    the average return was about 5%

  11. 11

    supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

verb

  1. 1

    come out of

    Water issued from the hole in the wall

    The words seemed to come out by themselves

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