Definition of 'issue'
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense issues
, present participle issuing
, past tense, past participle issued
2. See also side issue
3. singular noun
If something is the issue, it is the thing you consider to be the most important part of a situation or discussion.
4. countable noun
5. verb
The government issued a warning that the strikers should end their action or face
dismissal. [VERB noun]
6. verb [usually passive]
If you are issued with something, it is officially given to you.
On your appointment you will be issued with a written statement of particulars of
employment. [be VERB-ed + with]
7. verb
When something such as a liquid, sound, or smell issues from something, it comes out of that thing.
[formal]
8.
See at issue
9.
See make an issue of
10.
See take issue with
11.
See have issues
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issue in British English
noun
1.
the act of sending or giving out something; supply; delivery
3.
5.
something flowing out, such as a river
6.
a place of outflow; outlet
7.
8.
a topic of interest or discussion
9.
an important subject requiring a decision
10.
an outcome or consequence; result
15. library science
a.
the system for recording current loans
b.
the number of books loaned in a specified period
17. See at issue
18. See force the issue
19. See join issue
20. See take issue
verbWord forms: -sues, -suing, -sued
21.
to come forth or emerge or cause to come forth or emerge
25. (intransitive)
to be a consequence; result
27. (transitive)
a.
b. (foll by with)
to supply officially (with)
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Derived forms
issueless (ˈissueless) adjective
issuer (ˈissuer)
noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French eissue way out, from eissir to go out, from Latin exīre, from ex-1 + īre to go
Word Frequency
issue in American English
noun
3.
a result; consequence; upshot
4.
offspring; a child or children
5.
profits from lands, estates, or fines; produce; proceeds
6.
a point, matter, or question to be disputed or decided
7.
a sending or giving out; putting forth
8.
the thing or set of things issued; all that is put forth and circulated at one time
the July issue of a magazine, an issue of bonds
verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈissued or ˈissuing
11.
to go, come, pass, or flow out; emerge
13.
to be derived or result (from a cause)
14.
to end or result (in an effect or consequence)
16.
to be printed or published; be put forth and circulated
verb transitive
17.
to let out; discharge
19.
to print or publish; put forth and circulate; give out publicly or officially
to issue commemorative stamps
SIMILAR WORDS: efˈfect, rise
Idioms:
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Derived forms
issuer (ˈissuer)
noun
Word Frequency
issue in American English
(ˈɪʃuː, esp Brit ˈɪsjuː) (verb -sued, -suing)
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, esp. 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.
a point in question or a matter that is in dispute, as between contending parties in an action at law
6.
a point, matter, or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance
the political issues
7.
a point the decision of which determines a matter
The real issue in the strike was the right to bargain collectively
9.
something proceeding from any source, as a product, effect, result, or consequence
His words were the issue of someone intelligent
11.
12.
offspring; progeny
to die without issue
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. See issues
18.
the third issue of the poem
19. obsolete
a proceeding or action
20. See at issue
21. See join issue
22. See take issue
transitive verb
23.
to put out; deliver for use, sale, etc.; put into circulation
25.
to distribute (food, clothing, etc.) to one or more officers or enlisted soldiers
or to a military unit
26.
to send out; discharge; emit
intransitive verb
SYNONYMS 2. copy, edition, printing. 5–7. crux. 6, 7. problem, question. 10. upshot, conclusion, end. 27. See emerge. 30. flow, emanate, arise, spring. 31. ensue.ANTONYMS 27. return.27.
to go, pass, or flow out; come forth; emerge
to issue forth to battle
28.
to be sent, put forth, or distributed authoritatively or publicly, as a legal writ or money
29.
to be published, as a book
30.
to originate or proceed from any source
31.
to arise as a result or consequence; result
a reaction that issues from the stimulus
32. chiefly Law
to proceed as offspring, or be born or descended
33. chiefly Law
to come as a yield or profit, as from land
34. archaic (often fol. by in)
to have the specified outcome, result, etc
35. obsolete
to end; terminate
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Derived forms
issueless adjective
issuer
noun
Word origin
[1275–1325; (n.) ME ‹ MF: place or passage out; OF (e)issue ‹ VL *exūta, n. use of fem. of *exūtus, L exitus exit; (v.) ME issuen, deriv. of the n., or ‹ MF, OF (e)issu, ptp. of issir to go out (‹‹ L exīre); see exit1]Examples of 'issue' in a sentence
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issue
British English: issue
/ˈɪʃjuː/ NOUN
An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing.
...the issue of climate change.
- American English: issue /ˈɪʃu/
- Arabic: إِصْدَارٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: problema
- Chinese: 问题
- Croatian: pitanje
- Czech: otázka předmět rozmluvy
- Danish: emne
- Dutch: kwestie
- European Spanish: cuestión
- Finnish: asia aihe
- French: question problème
- German: Angelegenheit
- Greek: ζήτημα
- Italian: problema
- Japanese: 論点
- Korean: 쟁점
- Norwegian: sak
- Polish: kwestia
- European Portuguese: questão
- Romanian: problemă
- Russian: вопрос
- Latin American Spanish: cuestión
- Swedish: upplaga
- Thai: ประเด็น, หัวข้อที่เป็นปัญหา
- Turkish: konu
- Ukrainian: питання
- Vietnamese: vấn đề nêu ra
British English: issue
/ˈɪʃjuː/ VERB
If someone issues a statement, they make it formally or publicly.
The embassy has stopped issuing visas to journalists.
- American English: issue /ˈɪʃu/
- Arabic: يُصْدِرُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: emitir
- Chinese: 发行
- Croatian: izdavati
- Czech: vydat vyjádření apod.
- Danish: udsende
- Dutch: uitgeven
- European Spanish: expedir
- Finnish: julkaista
- French: émettre sortir
- German: erteilen
- Greek: δημοσιεύω
- Italian: emettere
- Japanese: 公布する
- Korean: 공표하다
- Norwegian: kunngjøre
- Polish: wydać
- European Portuguese: emitir
- Romanian: a emite
- Russian: выдавать
- Latin American Spanish: hacer público
- Swedish: utfärda
- Thai: ออกเอกสาร
- Turkish: kamuoyuna açıklamak
- Ukrainian: видавати
- Vietnamese: phát hành
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