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ISSUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
Example:
the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
stock issue ((corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time)
Derivation:
issue (circulate or distribute or equip with)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of issuing printed materials
Synonyms:
issue; publication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
printing (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)
Derivation:
issue (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)
issue (bring out an official document (such as a warrant))
Sense 3
Meaning:
An opening that permits escape or release
Example:
the canyon had only one issue
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
outfall (the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water)
Derivation:
issue (come out of)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Some situation or event that is thought about
Example:
it is a matter for the police
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
area (a subject of study)
blind spot (a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment)
remit (the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with)
res adjudicata; res judicata (a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again)
Sense 5
Meaning:
An important question that is in dispute and must be settled
Example:
politicians never discuss the real issues
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
quodlibet (an issue that is presented for formal disputation)
bread-and-butter issue; pocketbook issue (an issue whose settlement will affect financial resources)
paramount issue (an issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled)
gut issue; hot-button issue (an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions)
Sense 6
Meaning:
One of a series published periodically
Example:
she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
Synonyms:
issue; number
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
edition (an issue of a newspaper)
Holonyms ("issue" is a member of...):
serial; serial publication; series (a periodical that appears at scheduled times)
Derivation:
issue (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)
Sense 7
Meaning:
The becoming visible
Example:
not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
eruption (the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum)
dissilience (the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe)
Sense 8
Meaning:
The immediate descendants of a person
Example:
he died without issue
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
heir; successor (a person who inherits some title or office)
grandchild (a child of your son or daughter)
eldest; firstborn (the offspring who came first in the order of birth)
child; kid (a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age)
bastard; by-blow; illegitimate; illegitimate child; love child; whoreson (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents)
baby (the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young))
Sense 9
Meaning:
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Example:
he acted very wise after the event
Synonyms:
consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
phenomenon (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
spillover ((economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure)
fallout; side effect (any adverse and unwanted secondary effect)
response (a result)
repercussion; reverberation (a remote or indirect consequence of some action)
position effect ((genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome)
placebo effect (any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs)
product (a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances)
branch; offset; offshoot; outgrowth (a natural consequence of development)
knock-on effect (a secondary or incidental effect)
influence (the effect of one thing (or person) on another)
impact; wallop (a forceful consequence; a strong effect)
harvest (the consequence of an effort or activity)
domino effect (the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall))
dent (an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening))
Coriolis effect ((physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere)
coattails effect ((politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party)
change (the result of alteration or modification)
by-product; byproduct (a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence)
butterfly effect (the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago)
brisance (the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion)
bandwagon effect (the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity)
aftermath; backwash; wake (the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event))
aftereffect (any result that follows its cause after an interval)
materialisation; materialization; offspring (something that comes into existence as a result)
Sense 10
Meaning:
The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Example:
the average return was about 5%
Synonyms:
issue; payoff; proceeds; return; take; takings; yield
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):
payback (financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment))
economic rent; rent (the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
Synonyms:
government issue; issue; military issue
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):
fund; stock; store (a supply of something available for future use)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Derivation:
issue (circulate or distribute or equip with)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they issue ... he / she / it issues
Past simple: issued
Past participle: issued
-ing form: issuing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Come out of
Example:
The words seemed to come out by themselves
Synonyms:
come forth; come out; egress; emerge; go forth; issue
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "issue"):
pop out (come out suddenly or forcefully)
radiate (issue or emerge in rays or waves)
leak (enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure)
escape (issue or leak, as from a small opening)
fall (come out; issue)
debouch (pass out or emerge; especially of rivers)
come out; fall out (come off)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Derivation:
issue (an opening that permits escape or release)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Example:
publish a magazine or newspaper
Synonyms:
bring out; issue; publish; put out; release
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "issue" is one way to...):
air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "issue"):
edit (supervise the publication of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
issue (the act of issuing printed materials)
issue (one of a series published periodically)
issuer (an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "issue" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
issue (the act of issuing printed materials)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Make out and issue
Example:
Please make the check out to me
Synonyms:
cut; issue; make out; write out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "issue" is one way to...):
write (communicate or express by writing)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "issue"):
check (write out a check on a bank account)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence example:
The banks issue the check
Sense 5
Meaning:
Circulate or distribute or equip with
Example:
supply blankets for the beds
Synonyms:
issue; supply
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "issue" is one way to...):
distribute (make available)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "issue"):
free; release; unblock; unfreeze (make (assets) available)
reissue (issue (a new version of))
free; release (make (information) available for publication)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
They issue the money to them
They issue them the money
Antonym:
recall (make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution)
Derivation:
issue (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity))
issue (supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government)
issuer (an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.))
issuing (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity))
Context examples:
I saw the smoke issuing from his lips as he slowly turned his head and glanced out over the water in my direction.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I can never bring you to realise the importance of sleeves, the suggestiveness of thumb-nails, or the great issues that may hang from a boot-lace.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Issue associated with the using a device after the marked or known shelf life.
(Medical Device Shelf Life Exceeded, Food and Drug Administration)
The MOF we chose is made of a zirconium based metal node and we've done a lot of studies that show zirconium is quite inert and it doesn't cause any toxicity issues.
(Nanoparticles used to transport anti-cancer agent to cells, University of Cambridge)
Computers can learn to find solar flares in vast streams of images and help scientists issue timely space weather alerts, according to a new study.
(Detecting solar flares in real time, National Science Foundation)
Issue associated with build-up of calcium salts on the device or its components.
(Calcified Medical Device Material, Food and Drug Administration)
This includes safety issues involving people or products.
(Adverse Event Sub-Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
Issue associated with the requirement for software to fulfill its function within an intended use or application.
(Application Program Issue Associated with Medical Device, Food and Drug Administration)
Population groups with an increased likelihood of a disease or other health issue, eg smoking, drug use, teen pregnancy.
(At-Risk Population, NCI Thesaurus)
On this page, you'll find links to health issues that affect Asian-Americans.
(Asian American Health, NIH)
