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    is·sue
    [ˈiSHo͞o]
    noun
    issue (noun) · issues (plural noun)
    1. an important topic or problem for debate or discussion:
      "the issue of global warming" · "money is not an issue"
      • personal problems or difficulties:
        "a nice guy with a great sense of humor and not too many issues"
      • (issues)
        problems or difficulties, especially with a service or facility:
        "a small number of users are experiencing connectivity issues"
    2. the action of supplying or distributing an item for use, sale, or official purposes:
      "the issue of promissory notes by the bank"
      • a number or set of items distributed at one time:
        "a share issue has been launched"
      • each of a regular series of publications:
        "the December issue of the magazine"
    3. a result or outcome of something:
      "the chance of carrying such a scheme to a successful issue was small"
    4. the action of flowing or coming out:
      "the point of issue" · "an issue of blood"
    5. formal
      law
      children of one's own:
      "he died without male issue"
    verb
    issue (verb) · issues (third person present) · issued (past tense) · issued (past participle) · issuing (present participle)
    1. supply or distribute (something):
      "licenses were issued indiscriminately to any company"
      • (issue someone with)
        supply someone with (something):
        "everyone was issued with a gas mask"
      • formally send out or make known:
        "the minister issued a statement"
      • put (something) on sale or into general use:
        "Christmas stamps to be issued in November"
    2. (issue from)
      come, go, or flow out from:
      "exotic smells issued from a nearby building"
      • result or be derived from:
        "the struggles of history issue from the divided heart of humanity"
    Origin
    Middle English (in the sense ‘outflowing’): from Old French, based on Latin exitus, past participle of exire ‘go out’.
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    noun
    1. an important topic or problem for debate or discussion:
      matter
      affair
      business
      subject
      topic
      question
      point
      item
      thing
      case
      concern
      theme
      proceeding
      situation
      occasion
      circumstance
      problem
      bone of contention
      controversy
      argument
      matter in question
      point at issue
    2. the action of supplying or distributing an item for use, sale, or official purposes:
      issuing
      issuance
      publication
      publishing
      circulation
      distribution
      supplying
      supply
      delivery
      appearance
      sending out
    3. a result or outcome of something:
      result
      outcome
      consequence
      end result
      upshot
      effect
      aftereffect
      aftermath
      conclusion
      end
      denouement
      payoff
      net result
    4. the action of flowing or coming out:
      discharge
      emission
      release
      outflow
      outflowing
      outpouring
      outrush
      rush
      flood
      deluge
      spurt
      jet
      cascade
      stream
      torrent
      gush
      flow
      flux
      welling
      leakage
      escape
      drain
      drainage
      excretion
      secretion
      ejection
      disgorgement
      debouchment
      emanation
      exudation
      exuding
      venting
      effluence
      effluent
      effusion
      efflux
      outflux
    5. children of one's own:
      offspring
      descendants
      heirs
      successors
      children
      progeny
      scions
      family
      youngsters
      babies
      kids
      spawn
      seed
      fruit
      sons or daughters
      fruit of one's loins
    verb
    1. supply or distribute (something):
      supply
      provide
      furnish
      arm
      equip
      fit out
      rig out
      accoutre
      outfit
      fit up
      provision
      stock
      purvey
      accommodate
      present
      invest
      endow
      favor
      kit out
      fix up
      Opposite:
      withdraw
    2. come, go, or flow out from:
      emanate
      emerge
      proceed
      exude
      discharge
      flow (out/forth)
      pour (out/forth)
      gush (out/forth)
      come (out/forth)
      seep (out/forth)
      ooze (out/forth)
      spread out
      be uttered
      be emitted
      be transmitted
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