Meaning

37 senses
  1. The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow

    The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts.

    The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.

    излия́ниеizlijánije

  2. Someone or something that flows out or comes out

    (historical, usually)Offspring: one's natural child or children.

    He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up.

    Nachkomme, Abkömmling

    пото́мствоpotómstvo, пото́мокpotómok

    наща́докnaščádok, пото́мствоpotómstvo

  3. (figuratively)Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.

    Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.

    the immediate descendants of a person

  4. (historical, rare)Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.

  5. A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.

    Yeah, I just got the June issue of Wombatboy.

    Heft, Ausgabe

    вы́пускvýpusk, изда́ниеizdánije

    вида́нняvydánnja, ви́пускvýpusk

  6. 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.

  7. (figuratively, usually, with definite article)The entire set of something; all of something.

    The bloody sergeant snaffled our whole issue of booze, dammit.

  8. Any financial instrument issued by a company.

    The company's issues have included bonds, stocks, and other securities.

    эми́ссияemíssija

    емі́сіяemísija

  9. The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.

  10. The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly

  11. 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.

  12. The action or an instance of sending something out

    (historical)A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.

Examples

1302 sentences
  1. This is a very complex issue.

    Це дуже складна проблема.

    ruЭто очень сложный вопрос.

    deDas ist eine sehr komplexe Angelegenheit.

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  2. I agree with you on this issue.

    Я згоден з вами у цьому питанні.

    deDarüber sind wir uns einig.

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  3. Do you have an opinion on this issue?

    У тебе є думка щодо цієї проблеми?

    ruУ тебя есть какое-то мнение по этому вопросу?

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  4. Price isn't an issue.

    Справа не в ціні.

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  5. That's not the issue.

    Проблема не в цьому.

    deDarum geht es nicht.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 5
act of flowing out:
legal term for offspring:
a single edition of a periodical publication:
financial instrument:
problem or concern:
Русский
By meaning 10
act of flowing out:
contested point in a dispute or debate:
outflow of bodily fluid:
legal term for offspring:
produce or income from farmland or rental property:
a single edition of a periodical publication:
financial instrument:
problem or concern:
act of sending out:
conclusion:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
act of flowing out:
legal term for offspring:
a single edition of a periodical publication:
problem or concern:
conclusion:

Origin

From Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past par

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”).

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Forms

plural: issues
Singularissue
Pluralissues

regular

Synonyms

33 synonyms
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Close in meaning

Word family

32 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • an an issue
  • on this issue
  • a serious issue
  • serious issue
  • sensitive issue
  • safety issue
  • has been issued

See also

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issue — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto