Issue definition

Issue as a noun

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

   "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"

2. one of a series published periodically

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

   Same sense: number

3. some situation or event that is thought about

   Same sense: matter, subject, topic

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

   "a new issue of stamps"

   Same sense: issuing, issuance

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

   Same sense: government issue, military issue

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

   Same sense: take, return, yield, proceeds, payoff, takings

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

   Same sense: event, result, effect, outcome, consequence, upshot

8. the immediate descendants of a person

   "he died without issue"

   Same sense: offspring, progeny

9. the becoming visible

   Same sense: emergence, egress

10. an opening that permits escape or release

    "the canyon had only one issue"

    Same sense: way out, exit, outlet

11. the act of issuing printed materials

    Same sense: publication

Issue as a verb

12. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale

    Same sense: put out, bring out, release, publish

13. circulate or distribute or equip with

    "issue a new uniform to the children"

    Same sense: supply

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

15. come out of

    "Water issued from the hole in the wall"

    Same sense: come out, go forth, come forth, emerge, egress

16. make out and issue

    Same sense: make out, cut, write out

Synonyms and antonyms

• number definition
• matter definition
• subject
• topic
• issuing
• issuance
• government issue
• military issue
• take definition
• return definition
• yield
• proceeds
• payoff
• takings
• event definition
• result definition
• effect
• outcome
• consequence
• upshot
• offspring
• progeny
• emergence
• egress

Opposite: recall.

All synonyms of issue, sense by sense

How to say issue

Issue has 2 syllables and rhymes with reissue. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with issue

• reissue

ISSUE in word games

Scrabble

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Words With Friends

6

Anagrams

0

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