issue
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: thought, content
2. one of a series published periodically
- she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
Similar word(s): number
Definition categories: communication, periodical
3. some situation or event that is thought about
Similar word(s): matter, subject, topic
Definition categories: thought, content
4. 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
Similar word(s): issuance, issuing
Definition categories: act, provision, supply, supplying
5. supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
Definition categories: possession, fund, stock, store
6. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Similar word(s): payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield
Definition categories: possession, income
7. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Similar word(s): consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot
Definition categories: phenomenon
8. the immediate descendants of a person
- he died without issue
Similar word(s): offspring, progeny
Definition categories: person, relation, relative
9. the becoming visible
Similar word(s): egress, emergence
Definition categories: event, beginning
10. an opening that permits escape or release
- the canyon had only one issue
Definition categories: man–made, opening
11. the act of issuing printed materials
Similar word(s): publication
Definition categories: act, printing
Sentences with issue as a noun:
- He has issues.
- The July issue of the magazine is in shops now.
verb
1. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Similar word(s): publish, release
Definition categories: communication, air, bare, publicise, publicize
2. circulate or distribute or equip with
- issue a new uniform to the children
Similar word(s): supply
Definition categories: social, distribute
3. bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
Definition categories: communication, communicate, intercommunicate
4. come out of
- Water issued from the hole in the wall
Similar word(s): egress, emerge
Definition categories: change
5. make out and issue
Similar word(s): cut
Definition categories: communication, write