issue en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɪʃ(j)u/ (General-American)
- ĭsho͞o yod-coalescence
- /ˈɪʃuː/ yod-coalescence
- /ˈɪsjuː/ (Canada)
- /ˈɪʃʉː/ (Australia)
- [ˈɪʃɪ̈ɯ] (Australia)
- ĭsh(y)o͞o (Canada)
- ĭsyo͞o non-yod-coalescence
- /ˈɪs(j)ɪʊ̯/ (dialectal)
- /ˈɪʃʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈɪʃjuː/
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- /ˈɪʃjʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ˈɪsjʉw/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- ĭshyo͞o
- /ˈɪsjuː/ non-yod-coalescence
- /ˈɪʃɪʊ̯/ (dialectal)
- ĭs(y)ū (dialectal)
- /ˈɪʃ(j)uː/ (Canada)
- ĭshū (dialectal)
- ĭsyo͞o (Canada)
- ĭsh(y)o͞o (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Old French issir Old French issuebor. Middle English issue English issue From Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”). The legal meaning originated from the concept of "the end or result of pleadings in a suit (by presenting the point to be determined by trial)," leading to the sense of "the controversy over facts in a trial" (early 14th century, Anglo-French). This later extended to mean "a point of contention between two parties" (early 15th century) and more generally, "an important point to be decided" (1836). Consequently, the verbal phrase take issue with emerged in 1797 (preceded by join issue in the 1690s), meaning "to adopt an affirmative or negative stance in a dispute with another." The expression to have issues, meaning "to have unresolved conflicts," dates to 1990.
Meanings
- (obsolete) The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow ▸ A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.
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The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow ▸ The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.
And behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres, came behinde him [Jesus], and touched the hemme of his garment.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 9:20:The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
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(archaic) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue.
For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 23:20:
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(historical, usually) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ Offspring: one's natural child or children.
His Majesty, His issue, if any, and the descendants of that issue, shall not after His Majesty’s abdication have any right, title or interest in or to the succession to the Throne, and section one of the Act of Settlement shall be construed accordingly.
1936, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 1(2)”, in His Majesty’s Declaration of Abdication Act 1936ᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, page 2:He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up.
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(figuratively) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.
- (figuratively, obsolete) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor.
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(archaic) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties.
3. A conveys to B all right to the real property aforementioned for a term of _____ years, with all said real property's attendant issues, rents, and profits.
- (historical, rare) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- (obsolete) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ The entrails of a slaughtered animal.
- (obsolete, rare) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ Any action or deed performed by a person.
- (obsolete) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ Luck considered as the favor or disfavor of nature, the gods, or God.
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Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
Yeah, I just got the June issue of Wombatboy.
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Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ The entire set of some item printed and disseminated during a certain period, particularly (publishing) a single printing of a particular edition of a work when contrasted with other print runs.
The May 1918 issue of US 24-cent stamps became famous when a printer's error inverted its depiction of an airmail plane.
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(figuratively, usually, with-definite-article) Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ The entire set of something; all of something.
The bloody sergeant snaffled our whole issue of booze, dammit.
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Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ Any financial instrument issued by a company.
The company's issues have included bonds, stocks, and other securities.
- Someone or something that flows out or comes out ▸ The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly
- (obsolete) The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out ▸ A sewer.
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(obsolete) The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet ▸ An exit from a room or building.
How if there were no centre at all, but just one alley after another, and the whole world a labyrinth without end or issue?
1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- (archaic) The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet ▸ A confluence: the mouth of a river; the outlet of a lake or other body of water.
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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.
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(historical) The action or an instance of sending something out ▸ A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
Issues and fontanels were supposed remedies for joint diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis, and other chronic conditions.
2005, James Harold Kirkup, chapter XXV, in The Evolution of Surgical Instruments, page 403:
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The action or an instance of sending something out ▸ The production or distribution of something for general use.
Congress delegated the issue of US currency to the Federal Reserve in 1913.
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The action or an instance of sending something out ▸ The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group.
The uniform was standard prison issue.
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The action or an instance of sending something out ▸ The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities.
The company's stock issue diluted his ownership.
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Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly
Please stand by. We are having technical issues.
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Any question or situation to be resolved ▸ A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
The issue before the court is whether participation in a group blog makes the plaintiff a public figure under the relevant statute.
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(figuratively) Any question or situation to be resolved ▸ Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided.
For chrissakes, John, don't make an issue out of it. Just sleep on the floor if you want.
- (obsolete, rare) Any question or situation to be resolved ▸ A difficult choice between two alternatives, a dilemma.
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(US, plural-normally) Any question or situation to be resolved ▸ A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
She has daddy issues, mommy issues, drug issues, money issues, trust issues, printer issues... I'm just sayin', girl's got issues.
- (obsolete) The action or an instance of concluding something ▸ The end of any action or process.
- (obsolete) The action or an instance of concluding something ▸ The end of any period of time.
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The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly
The eternal happiness or misery of the departed saint depended on the issue of this contest between the powers of good and evil for the possession of his mortal remains.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 176:
- (archaic) The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome ▸ The result of a discussion or negotiation, an agreement.
- (obsolete) The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome ▸ The result of an investigation or consideration, a conclusion.
- (archaic, figuratively) The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
- (archaic, figuratively) The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| issues | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
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Relateds
Synonyms
offspring (progeny) · descendant (progeny) · charge (movement of soldiers) · sortie (movement of soldiers) · fruit of one's loins (progeny) · sally (movement of soldiers)
Translations (193)
fr livraison (act of sending out) · it questione (contested point in a dispute or debate) · de Abschluss (conclusion) · de Abkömmling (legal term for offspring) · ru урожа́й (produce or income from farmland or rental property) · bg и́звод (conclusion) · fr émission (act of sending out) · pt número (a single edition of a periodical publication) · ru изда́ние (a single edition of a periodical publication) · pt questão (problem or concern) · es herederos (legal term for offspring) · ba мәсьәлә (problem or concern) · fi asia (problem or concern) · de Kernpunkt (problem or concern) · uk пото́мство (legal term for offspring) · pt ponto de debate (contested point in a dispute or debate) · fi kysymys (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ar مُشْكِل (problem or concern) · sw suala (problem or concern) · fr descendance (legal term for offspring) · pl problem (problem or concern) · es torete (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ru пото́мок (legal term for offspring) · ru пробле́ма (problem or concern) · es emisión (act of sending out) · fr controverse (contested point in a dispute or debate) · pt tiragem (something flowing or sent out) · haw helu (a single edition of a periodical publication) · it emissione (act of sending out) · fi lähettäminen (act of sending out) · id isu (contested point in a dispute or debate) · vi vấn đề (problem or concern) · uk емі́сія (financial instrument) · fr rejeton (legal term for offspring) · es envío (something flowing or sent out) · de Ausgehen (act of flowing out) · fi lähdettäminen (act of sending out) · hy խնդիր (contested point in a dispute or debate) · pt questão (contested point in a dispute or debate) · fr polémique (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ru эми́ссия (financial instrument) · it problematica (problem or concern) · gl fluxo (act of flowing out) · bg изда́ние (a single edition of a periodical publication) · ru пункт (problem or concern) · fr exsudat (something flowing or sent out) · ro emisiune (act of sending out) · uk наща́док (legal term for offspring) · hi निर्गम (financial instrument) · km បញ្ហា (problem or concern) · enm issue (legal term for offspring) · es número (a single edition of a periodical publication) · it fuoriuscita (act of flowing out) · az axma (act of flowing out) · de Heft (a single edition of a periodical publication) · bg еми́сия (financial instrument) · bg пробле́м (problem or concern) · fi juttu (problem or concern) · fr drain (small incision etc. to drain excess bodily fluid) · fr numéro (a single edition of a periodical publication) · fi vuoto (act of flowing out) · cmn 問題 /问题 (problem or concern) · fi tuotto (produce or income from farmland or rental property) · pt fascículo (a single edition of a periodical publication) · az say (a single edition of a periodical publication) · be прабле́ма (problem or concern) · fi lopputulos (conclusion) · ru отсы́лка (act of sending out) · es incisión (small incision etc. to drain excess bodily fluid) · cmn 問題 /问题 (contested point in a dispute or debate) · es preocupación (problem or concern) · es emisión (something flowing or sent out) · ru пото́мство (legal term for offspring) · id emisi (financial instrument) · nb problem (contested point in a dispute or debate) · fi poistuminen (act of flowing out) · it esito (conclusion) · fr délivrance (act of sending out) · fr question (contested point in a dispute or debate) · es cuestión (problem or concern) · mi perehitanga (a single edition of a periodical publication) · fr problème (problem or concern) · de Schluss (conclusion) · ka საკითხი (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ru вопро́с (problem or concern) · fi jälkikasvu (legal term for offspring) · fi liikkeeseenlaskeminen (financial instrument) · sl potomec (legal term for offspring) · it emissione (act of flowing out) · es asunto (contested point in a dispute or debate) · es problema (problem or concern) · ar عَدَد (a single edition of a periodical publication) · mi rerenga (a single edition of a periodical publication) · pt problema (problem or concern) · es número ((literary) edition) · tl labas (a single edition of a periodical publication) · az məqam (problem or concern) · pt problema (contested point in a dispute or debate) · fi ongelma (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ru вытека́ние (act of flowing out) · ml ലക്കം (a single edition of a periodical publication) · uk вида́ння (a single edition of a periodical publication) · ml പതിപ്പ് (a single edition of a periodical publication) · es expedición (act of sending out) · fa شماره (something flowing or sent out) · cy argraffiad (a single edition of a periodical publication) · es entrega (a single edition of a periodical publication) · pt emissão (act of sending out) · zu indaba (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ru вы́пуск (a single edition of a periodical publication) · th ปัญหา (problem or concern) · enm issue (produce or income from farmland or rental property) · vi số (a single edition of a periodical publication) · uk витіка́ння (act of flowing out) · be выда́нне (a single edition of a periodical publication) · ru вопро́с (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ar مَسْأَلَة (problem or concern) · el τεύχος (a single edition of a periodical publication) · uk пробле́ма (problem or concern) · mr अंक (a single edition of a periodical publication) · fi jälkeläinen (legal term for offspring) · pt descendente (legal term for offspring) · it emissione (something flowing or sent out) · de Problem (problem or concern) · pt resultado (conclusion) · hu szám (a single edition of a periodical publication) · fi vuodattaminen (act of sending out) · bg изти́чане (act of flowing out) · ru отпра́вка (act of sending out) · es envío (act of sending out) · ru пробле́ма (contested point in a dispute or debate) · fi poistaminen (act of sending out) · pl emisja (financial instrument) · ru излия́ние (outflow of bodily fluid) · es progenie (legal term for offspring) · es ejemplar ((literary) edition) · pt emissão (something flowing or sent out) · pt fim (conclusion) · fi vuoto (outflow of bodily fluid) · es flujo (act of flowing out) · az məsələ (problem or concern) · fr émission (act of sending out) · fr point m de débat (contested point in a dispute or debate) · es descendencia (legal term for offspring) · pt fluxo (act of flowing out) · fi anti (financial instrument) · be вы́пуск (a single edition of a periodical publication) · zu indaba (problem or concern) · es volandeque (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ru исхо́д (conclusion) · es cuestión (contested point in a dispute or debate) · fr sortie (act of flowing out) · ru результа́т (conclusion) · fr fruit (produce or income from farmland or rental property) · fr émission (act of flowing out) · bg разногла́сие (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ru пункт (contested point in a dispute or debate) · uk пита́ння (problem or concern) · pl egzemplarz (a single edition of a periodical publication) · pt envio (act of sending out) · fi vaihtoehto (contested point in a dispute or debate) · gv sheel (legal term for offspring) · eo afero (problem or concern) · az tökülmə (act of flowing out) · de Nachkomme (legal term for offspring) · fr numéro (something flowing or sent out) · pl wydanie (a single edition of a periodical publication) · ota ذریت (legal term for offspring) · yo ọrọ̀ (problem or concern) · de Ausgabe (a single edition of a periodical publication) · enm issue (contested point in a dispute or debate) · ru вы́работка (produce or income from farmland or rental property) · nl aflevering (a single edition of a periodical publication) · bg пото́мък (legal term for offspring) · fr flux (something flowing or sent out) · el τίτλος (financial instrument) · ga deacracht (contested point in a dispute or debate) · hy հարց (contested point in a dispute or debate) · bg изли́ване (act of flowing out) · bg изпра́щане (act of sending out) · ga ceist (problem or concern) · ro problemă (problem or concern) · id insisi (small incision etc. to drain excess bodily fluid) · ru те́ма (problem or concern) · ota نسل (legal term for offspring) · ga eagrán (a single edition of a periodical publication) · fr progéniture (legal term for offspring) · fr fructus (produce or income from farmland or rental property) · uk ви́пуск (a single edition of a periodical publication) · el θέμα (problem or concern) · bg тира́ж (a single edition of a periodical publication) · es edición ((literary) edition) · ga eisiúint (act of sending out)