ISSUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does issue mean? 

• ISSUE (noun)
  The noun ISSUE has 11 senses:

1. an important question that is in dispute and must be settled

2. one of a series published periodically

3. some situation or event that is thought about

4. the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

5. supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

6. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

7. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

8. the immediate descendants of a person

9. the becoming visible

10. an opening that permits escape or release

11. the act of issuing printed materials

  Familiarity information: ISSUE used as a noun is familiar.

• ISSUE (verb)
  The verb ISSUE has 5 senses:

1. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

2. circulate or distribute or equip with

3. bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

4. come out of

5. make out and issue

  Familiarity information: ISSUE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ISSUE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An important question that is in dispute and must be settled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Context example:

politicians never discuss the real issues

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

bread-and-butter issue; pocketbook issue (an issue whose settlement will affect financial resources)

quodlibet (an issue that is presented for formal disputation)

paramount issue (an issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled)

gut issue; hot-button issue (an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of a series published periodically

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

issue; number

Context example:

she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

periodical (a publication that appears at fixed intervals)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

edition (an issue of a newspaper)

Holonyms ("issue" is a member of...):

serial; serial publication; series (a periodical that appears at scheduled times)

Derivation:

issue (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Some situation or event that is thought about

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

issue; matter; subject; topic

Context example:

it is a matter for the police

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

cognitive content; content; mental object (the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

area (a subject of study)

blind spot (a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment)

remit (the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with)

res adjudicata; res judicata (a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

issuance; issue; issuing

Context example:

the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

stock issue ((corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time)

Derivation:

issue (circulate or distribute or equip with)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

government issue; issue; military issue

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

fund; stock; store (a supply of something available for future use)

Domain category:

armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)

Derivation:

issue (circulate or distribute or equip with)

Sense 6

Meaning:

The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

issue; payoff; proceeds; return; take; takings; yield

Context example:

the average return was about 5%

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

income (the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

payback (financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment))

economic rent; rent (the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

consequence; effect; event; issue; outcome; result; upshot

Context example:

he acted very wise after the event

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

phenomenon (any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

Coriolis effect ((physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere)

spillover ((economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure)

fallout; side effect (any adverse and unwanted secondary effect)

response (a result)

repercussion; reverberation (a remote or indirect consequence of some action)

position effect ((genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome)

placebo effect (any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs)

product (a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances)

branch; offset; offshoot; outgrowth (a natural consequence of development)

knock-on effect (a secondary or incidental effect)

influence (the effect of one thing (or person) on another)

impact; wallop (a forceful consequence; a strong effect)

domino effect (the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall))

dent (an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening))

coattails effect ((politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party)

change (the result of alteration or modification)

by-product; byproduct (a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence)

butterfly effect (the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago)

brisance (the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion)

bandwagon effect (the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity)

aftermath; backwash; wake (the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event))

aftereffect (any result that follows its cause after an interval)

materialisation; materialization; offspring (something that comes into existence as a result)

harvest (the consequence of an effort or activity)

Sense 8

Meaning:

The immediate descendants of a person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

issue; offspring; progeny

Context example:

he died without issue

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

relation; relative (a person related by blood or marriage)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

child; kid (a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age)

heir; successor (a person who inherits some title or office)

grandchild (a child of your son or daughter)

eldest; firstborn (the offspring who came first in the order of birth)

bastard; by-blow; illegitimate; illegitimate child; love child; whoreson (the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents)

baby (the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young))

Sense 9

Meaning:

The becoming visible

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

egress; emergence; issue

Context example:

not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

beginning (the event consisting of the start of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

eruption (the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum)

dissilience (the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe)

Sense 10

Meaning:

An opening that permits escape or release

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

exit; issue; outlet; way out

Context example:

the canyon had only one issue

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issue"):

outfall (the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water)

Derivation:

issue (come out of)

Sense 11

Meaning:

The act of issuing printed materials

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

issue; publication

Hypernyms ("issue" is a kind of...):

printing (the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution)

Derivation:

issue (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)

issue (bring out an official document (such as a warrant))

• ISSUE (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

bring out; issue; publish; put out; release

Context example:

publish a magazine or newspaper

Hypernyms (to "issue" is one way to...):

air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "issue"):

edit (supervise the publication of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

issue (the act of issuing printed materials)

issue (one of a series published periodically)

issuer (an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Circulate or distribute or equip with

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

issue; supply

Context example:

supply blankets for the beds

Hypernyms (to "issue" is one way to...):

distribute (make available)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "issue"):

free; release; unblock; unfreeze (make (assets) available)

reissue (issue (a new version of))

free; release (make (information) available for publication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence examples:

They issue the money to them
They issue them the money

Antonym:

recall (make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution)

Derivation:

issue (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity))

issue (supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government)

issuer (an institution that issues something (securities or publications or currency etc.))

issuing (the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity))

Sense 3

Meaning:

Bring out an official document (such as a warrant)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "issue" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

issue (the act of issuing printed materials)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Come out of

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

come forth; come out; egress; emerge; go forth; issue

Context example:

The words seemed to come out by themselves

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "issue"):

pop out (come out suddenly or forcefully)

radiate (issue or emerge in rays or waves)

leak (enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure)

escape (issue or leak, as from a small opening)

fall (come out; issue)

debouch (pass out or emerge; especially of rivers)

come out; fall out (come off)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

issue (an opening that permits escape or release)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Make out and issue

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

cut; issue; make out; write out

Context example:

Please make the check out to me

Hypernyms (to "issue" is one way to...):

write (communicate or express by writing)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "issue"):

check (write out a check on a bank account)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sentence example:

The banks issue the check

 Context examples 

Convinced that some tragedy had occurred, the coachman rushed to the door and strove to force it, while scream after scream issued from within.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As it turns out your presence was unnecessary, and I would have brought the case to this successful issue without you, but, none the less, I am grateful.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In which case, I shall begin issuing my commands.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The emperor and his whole court stood on the shore, expecting the issue of this great adventure.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Issue associated with the basic physical construction or physical make up of the device.

(Medical Device Structural Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with the facility-supplied medical gases such as medical air, oxygen, nitrous oxide, and nitrogen.

(Medical Gas Supply Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

Issue associated with a solid device or device components being transformed into a molten or liquid state.

(Molten Medical Device Material, Food and Drug Administration)

Bringing together multiple scientific disciplines to address specific issues.

(Multidisciplinary, NCI Thesaurus)

From the accumulated sadness into which I fell, I had at length no hope of ever issuing again.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Issue was joined in an instant.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)