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issue is a noun and verb meaning "an important question that is in dispute and must be settled". It carries 16 recorded senses.
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”
one of a series published periodically
“she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room”
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”
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”
supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
military
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”
the becoming visible
“not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins”
the act of issuing printed materials
bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for issue come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.