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issues

is·sue
I i

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ish-oo or, esp. British, is-yoo]
    • /ˈɪʃ u or, esp. British, ˈɪs yu/
    • /ˈɪʃ.uː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ish-oo or, esp. British, is-yoo]
    • /ˈɪʃ u or, esp. British, ˈɪs yu/

Definitions of issues word

  • noun issues the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims. 1
  • noun issues something that is printed or published and distributed, especially a given number of a periodical: Have you seen the latest issue of the magazine? 1
  • noun issues something that is sent out or put forth in any form. 1
  • noun issues a quantity of something that is officially offered for sale or put into circulation at one time: a new issue of commemorative stamps; a new bond issue. 1
  • noun issues a point in question or a matter that is in dispute, as between contending parties in an action at law. 1
  • noun issues a point, matter, or dispute, the decision of which is of special or public importance: the political issues. 1

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Origin of issues

First appearance:

before 1275
One of the 13% oldest English words
1275-1325; (noun) Middle English < Middle French: place or passage out; Old French (e)issue < Vulgar Latin *exūta, noun use of feminine of *exūtus, Latin exitus exit1; (v.) Middle English issuen, derivative of the noun, or < Middle French, Old French (e)issu, past participle of issir to go out (≪ Latin exīre); see exit2

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Issues

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

issues popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

issues usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for issues

noun issues

verb issues

  • dispatches — Plural form of dispatch.
  • escapes — Plural form of escape.
  • exits — Plural form of exit.
  • exudates — Plural form of exudate.
  • gits — Plural form of git.

Antonyms for issues

verb issues

  • hides — Plural form of hide.
  • holds — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • keeps — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.

noun issues

  • agreements — Plural form of agreement.
  • harmonies — Plural form of harmony.
  • causes — a person or thing that acts, happens, or exists in such a way that some specific thing happens as a result; the producer of an effect: You have been the cause of much anxiety. What was the cause of the accident?
  • sources — any thing or place from which something comes, arises, or is obtained; origin: Which foods are sources of calcium?
  • commencements — Plural form of commencement.

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