issue

  • 21issue — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 problem ADJECTIVE ▪ big, burning, central, critical, crucial, important, key, main, major, serious …

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  • 22issue — is|sue1 [ ıʃu ] noun *** ▸ 1 subject ▸ 2 magazine ▸ 3 set made available ▸ 4 official giving ▸ 5 children ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count a subject that people discuss or argue about, especially relating to society, politics, etc.: It s a Web site devoted …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 23issue — 1 noun 1 SUBJECT/PROBLEM (C) a problem or subject that people discuss: Drugs testing of employees is a sensitive issue. | the immigration issue | raise the issue (=say that a problem should be discussed): We should raise the issue of… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 24issue */*/*/ — I UK [ˈɪʃuː] / UK [ˈɪsjuː] / US [ˈɪʃu] noun Word forms issue : singular issue plural issues 1) a) [countable] a subject that people discuss or argue about, especially relating to society, politics etc It s a website devoted to environmental… …

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  • 25issue — [[t]ɪ̱sjuː, ɪ̱ʃuː[/t]] ♦ issues, issuing, issued 1) N COUNT: usu with supp An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing. → See also side issue Agents will raise the issue of prize money for next year s world… …

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  • 26ISSUE — s. f. Sortie, lieu par où l on sort. Ce logis n a point d issue sur le derrière. Il a issue dans telle rue. Il boucha toutes les issues de cette maison. Ce château a des issues secrètes. S emparer de toutes les issues.   Il se dit également d Un… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 27issue — issueless, adj. issuer, n. /ish ooh/ or, esp. Brit., /is yooh/, n., v., issued, issuing. n. 1. the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims. 2. something that is printed or… …

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  • 28ISSUE — n. f. Sortie, lieu par où l’on sort. Ce jardin n’a point d’issue sur le chemin qui le longe. Il boucha toutes les issues de cette maison. Ce château a des issues secrètes. S’emparer de toutes les issues d’une forteresse. Par extension, à L’ISSUE… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 29issue */*/*/ — [ˈɪsjuː] , [ˈɪʃuː] noun [C] I 1) a subject or problem that people discuss or argue about environmental issues[/ex] Education was one of the biggest issues in the campaign.[/ex] The chairman raised the issue (= started discussing the issue) of… …

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  • 30issue — /ˈɪʃu / (say ishooh), /ˈɪʃju / (say ishyooh), /ˈɪsju / (say isyooh) noun 1. the act of sending, or promulgation; delivery; emission. 2. that which is issued. 3. a quantity issued at one time: the latest issue of a periodical. 4. Bibliography the… …