Issue - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈɪʃuː|  American pronunciation of the word issue
Brit.  |ˈɪʃuː|  British pronunciation of the word issue

noun

- 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 (syn: number)
she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
- some situation or event that is thought about (syn: matter, subject, topic)
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) (syn: issuance, issuing)
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
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property (syn: payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield)
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (syn: consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot)
- the immediate descendants of a person (syn: offspring, progeny)
he died without issue
- the becoming visible (syn: egress, emergence)
- an opening that permits escape or release (syn: exit, outlet)
the canyon had only one issue
- the act of issuing printed materials (syn: publication)

verb

- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale (syn: bring out, publish, put out, release)
- circulate or distribute or equip with (syn: supply)
issue a new uniform to the children
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
- come out of (syn: come out, egress, emerge)
Water issued from the hole in the wall
- make out and issue (syn: cut, make out, write out)

Extra examples

She is concerned with a variety of social issues.

Water purity is a public health issue.

The President's speech addressed a number of important issues.

Campaign issues like education and defense

The issue is poverty, not race: to talk about race is simply to confuse the issue.

The case involves some complicated legal issues.

He should stop dodging the issue and make a decision now.

There's an interesting article on page 12 of this issue.

The most recent issue of the magazine

Each employee will be issued an identification card.

The Post Office will issue a new first-class stamp.

The company plans to raise money by issuing more stock.

The bank will be issuing a new credit card.

The bank's newly issued credit card

The king issued a decree forbidding all protests.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: issue
he/she/it: issues
present participle: issuing
past tense: issued
past participle: issued
noun
singular: issue
plural: issues
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