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issue English

Meaning issue meaning

What does issue mean?
Definitions in simple English

issue Noun

— An issue is a particular topic or subject, often one that people are discussing and/or is a problem. The students raised an important issue in my last class, and I hope we can discuss it today. We'd like to hire you, but there are some legal issues that we have to consider first. — An issue of a magazine, newspaper, etc. is the version that is published at one time. The March issue of The Walrus has an interesting article on healthcare.

issue Verb

— If you issue something, such as a statement, guidelines or an order, you officially publish it. The governments of Canada and the United States jointly issued a statement about the recent crash.

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 — verb (= publish) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale publish a magazine or newspaper — verb bring out an official document (such as a warrant) — verb (= supply) circulate or distribute or equip with issue a new uniform to the children supply blankets for the beds — verb (= come out) come out of Water issued from the hole in the wall The words seemed to come out by themselves — noun one of a series published periodically she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room — noun (= topic, subject, matter) 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 — noun (= issuing) 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 — verb (= write out, make out, cut) make out and issue write out a check cut a ticket Please make the check out to me — noun the act of issuing printed materials — noun supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government — noun (= return) the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property the average return was about 5% — noun (= way out) an opening that permits escape or release he blocked the way out the canyon had only one issue — noun (= emergence) the becoming visible not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins — noun (= offspring) the immediate descendants of a person she was the mother of many offspring he died without issue — noun (= consequence, effect, event) 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

Synonyms issue synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as issue?

issue English » English

publish matter result release question problem offspring edition publication case emerge outcome exit egress number topic proclaim event emit distribute business subject progeny point come out way out print outlet item consequence upshot supply send out promulgation issuance effect come forth affair yield write out put out promulgate part go out emission emergence distribution dispatch version trouble

Topics issue topics

What do people use issue to talk about?
Universe, creation Water

Movement of water
Language and thought Communication Say

Talk about a subject
Language and thought Communication Say Talk about a subject

Be about, subject
Language and thought Communication Reading and writing

Publish
Language and thought Communication Mass communication

Newspaper

  • What words refer to an issue of a newspaper?
    issue edition
Social behavior Relationships Kinship Related by birth

Son, daughter
Physical actions Move Move toward something Move in

Move out
Social behavior Law

Pass laws

Conjugation issue conjugation

How do you conjugate issue?

issue · verb

Examples issue examples

How do I use issue in a sentence?

Simple sentences

It's not a money issue.
I had a minor issue with my computer.
This is a social issue.
Opinions are divided on the issue of taxes.
Let us turn now to the fundamental issue.
Listen to the facts relative to the issue.
We should do justice to both sides on that issue.
The issue divided the senators.
The independent candidate took the abortion issue off his platform.
The statesman barely coped with the intricate issue.
The latest issue of the magazine will come out next Monday.
Sexual harassment has now become a social issue.
The two teams debated on the issue of nuclear power.
Could you please issue me a visa again?
Would you lend me the latest issue of the magazine?
I don't want to make an issue of it.
We should confine the discussion to the question at issue.
The government cannot avoid the issue of homelessness any longer.
The president made a statement on the issue.
Keep off the religious issue when talking with him.
Don't pussyfoot around the issue; do we have a problem, or don't we?
Gay marriage is a hotly contested issue.
Understand the key factors that shape an issue.
He had refused to compromise on the issue.
His vote would decide the issue.

Movie subtitles

The issue now is what the heck am I supposed to tell the Mission President!
It doesn't matter. Well, when I went to meet you for the bone tomb issue, I had that symptom.
I do not need to be airing this issue with the police.
Personality issue.
The next issue of Woman's Monthly is going to have a feature story on wedding gowns.
I thought it fit well with our breast health awareness issue.
Leaving traces behind will not raise an issue.
The issue of volunteering for the people's army is on the agenda.
Serve the whole issue.
The first stamped issue of the new postage stamps, Majesty.
Don't evade the issue.
I'll get Guild to issue the invitations.
The question at issue is how you came to lose your ship.
You shall have it. You will issue a warrant for the apprehension of James Smith.
It's a human rights issue!
So Zig can get naked for Maya, but when I do it for Saad, it's an issue?
We'll issue a proclamation that she died. and ask the people to pray for her.
Issue more ammunition, quick. Yes, Sir.
Be good enough to issue the orders, Sir Charles. -Very good.
I must issue orders at once for the Heavy Brigade to support them.
Dr. Livingstone, let us not confuse the issue.
No, you're confusing the issue. I'm a reformed man.
I want to run this card in your next issue.
Don't make an issue of my womanhood.
Maybe it's in the next issue.
He won't issue the writ.
It concerns the issue of safety, we didn't manage to tell you on time.
It's a delicate issue Madam.
Wait a minute. Don't evade the issue.
The city is there now, thousands of people. Will you issue orders of eviction?
I will request the courts to issue a restraining order.
And I shall issue an official bulletin allowing them to scratch themselves?
The Baron is clouding the issue.
For 40 years appeared in Kane newsprint no public issue on which Kane papers took no stand.
The issue is over, over and done.
Just the way I described it in the Christmas issue.

News and current affairs

Pragmatic and highly intelligent, sooner or later every issue receives the full attention of his forensic curiosity.
The most critical issue isn't any rise or fall in emissions. It is how much climate damage we can avoid.
At the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002, America committed itself to protect global ecosystems, yet little has been seen or heard from US policy makers on this issue since then.
Turkey's military initially remained silent on the issue, uncharacteristically watching the civilian political process unfold.
Increasingly, adaptation at the national level will be recognized as a major issue that will require appropriate funding.
Finally, long-simmering tensions in the Middle East between Israel and the US on one side and Iran on the other on the issue of nuclear proliferation could reach a boil by 2013.
And, when US forces overran Saddam Hussein's army in the spring of 2003, the encircled Iranians proposed a grand bargain that would put all contentious issues on the table, from the nuclear issue to Israel, from Hezbollah to Hamas.
His comments infuriated London's provocative mayor, Boris Johnson, himself a classics scholar and author, who shot back that Clooney's position on the issue was similar to that of the Nazis portrayed in his film.
On a third issue, the results so far are mixed.
Today, the issue goes far beyond symbolism.
It also sets a limit on how much debt the US Treasury is allowed to issue.
And the longer America's politicians take to resolve the debt-ceiling issue, the greater the risk of an inadvertent accident.
There has been one important innovation over the past two generations: businesses can now issue high-yield bonds.
But, given the costs of the bankruptcy process, it has never been clear why a business would rather issue high-yield bonds (besides gaming the tax system), or why investors would rather buy them than take an equity stake.
By having made such a big issue out of what was in fact a relatively minor event Gates could be accused of trivializing much worse instances of abuse.
There is a deeper issue at stake.
But if that issue is settled (and it should be), there is an equally large and important question that remains wide open: what should we do about it?
Despite making some progress in investigating the complaints and referring them to the justice system, as well as in raising public awareness about the issue, the challenges remain huge.
The crucial issue is market access.
In the coming days, judges sitting on the International Criminal Court in The Hague will decide whether to issue a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir for the crime of genocide.
But, regardless of whether the nuclear issue is resolved, the spread of market forces in North Korea will continue to change every aspect of life there in the coming years.
But the past can bring us more than just troubles of this kind. Even on the issue of Yasukuni, there are positive lessons to be learned.
Unfortunately, Koizumi and his allies are not prepared to move forward on the Yasukuni issue.
The most critical issue isn't any rise or fall in emissions.
Even on the issue of Yasukuni, there are positive lessons to be learned.
Indeed, many regard Netanyahu's Iran obsession as nothing more than a successful ploy to divert attention from the Palestinian issue.
The intervention by Turkey and Brazil into the globally divisive issue of Iran's nuclear program is but the latest, and also the clearest, sign of this new element in global affairs.

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