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issue

/ˈɪsjuː/

noun

Meaning

  • The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:

  • Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly:

  • The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly:

  • The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet, particularly:

  • The action or an instance of sending something out, particularly:

    "The issue of the directive from the treasury prompted the central bank's most recent issue of currency."

  • Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly:

    "Please stand by. We are having technical issues."

  • The action or an instance of concluding something, particularly:

  • The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly:

  • The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.

  • The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.

Synonyms

charge,
sally,
sortie,
descendant,
fruit of one's loins,
offspring

verb

Meaning

  • To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.

    "The rents issuing from the land permitted him to live as a man of independent means."

  • To rush out, to sally forth.

    "The men issued from the town and attacked the besiegers."

  • To extend into, to open onto.

    "The road issues into the highway."

  • To turn out in a certain way, to result in.

  • To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.

  • To send out; to put into circulation.

  • To deliver for use.

    "The prison issued new uniforms for the inmates."

  • To deliver by authority.

    "The court issued a writ of mandamus."

Synonyms

begive