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issue¹
- /ˈɪʃuː/ UK
- /ˈɪsjuː/ UK
- /ˈɪʃjuː/ UK
- /ˈɪʃʉw/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈɪsjʉw/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈɪʃjʉw/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈɪʃ(j)u/ US
- /ˈɪʃʉː/ Australia
- [ˈɪʃɪ̈ɯ] Australia
- /ˈɪsjuː/ Canada
- /ˈɪʃ(j)uː/ Canada
- /ˈɪs(j)ɪʊ̯/ dialectal
- /ˈɪʃɪʊ̯/ dialectal
Rhymes with -ɪʃju, -ɪʃu
Where it comes from
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”).
The legal meaning originated from the concept of "the end or result of pleadings in a suit (by presenting the point to be determined by trial)," leading to the sense of "the controversy over facts in a trial" (early 14th century, Anglo-French). This later extended to mean "a point of contention between two parties" (early 15th century) and more generally, "an important point to be decided" (1836). Consequently, the verbal phrase take issue with emerged in 1797 (preceded by join issue in the 1690s), meaning "to adopt an affirmative or negative stance in a dispute with another." The expression to have issues, meaning "to have unresolved conflicts," dates to 1990.
noun issues
- A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.
- The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly (now rare) in abnormal amounts. The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
- The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue. For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.
- Offspring: one's natural child or children. He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up.
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Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.
Similar: descendant, fruit of one's loins, offspring
- A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor.
- The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties. 3. A conveys to B all right to the real property aforementioned for a term of _____ years, with all said real property's attendant issues, rents, and profits.
- Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
- The entrails of a slaughtered animal.
- Any action or deed performed by a person.
- Luck considered as the favor or disfavor of nature, the gods, or God.
- A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication. Yeah, I just got the June issue of Wombatboy.
- 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.
- The entire set of something; all of something. The bloody sergeant snaffled our whole issue of booze, dammit.
- Any financial instrument issued by a company. The company's issues have included bonds, stocks, and other securities.
- The loan of a book etc. from a library to a patron; all such loans by a given library during a given period.
- The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out, particularly
- A sewer.
- An exit from a room or building. How if there were no centre at all, but just one alley after another, and the whole world a labyrinth without end or issue?
- A confluence: the mouth of a river; the outlet of a lake or other body of water.
- 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.
- A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object. Issues and fontanels were supposed remedies for joint diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis, and other chronic conditions.
- The production or distribution of something for general use. Congress delegated the issue of US currency to the Federal Reserve in 1913.
- The distribution of something (particularly rations or standardized provisions) to someone or some group. The uniform was standard prison issue.
- The action or an instance of a company selling bonds, stock, or other securities. The company's stock issue diluted his ownership.
- Any question or situation to be resolved, particularly Please stand by. We are having technical issues.
- A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court. The issue before the court is whether participation in a group blog makes the plaintiff a public figure under the relevant statute.
- Anything in dispute, an area of disagreement whose resolution is being debated or decided. For chrissakes, John, don't make an issue out of it. Just sleep on the floor if you want.
- A difficult choice between two alternatives, a dilemma.
- A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now informal, figurative and usually euphemistic) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty. She has daddy issues, mommy issues, drug issues, money issues, trust issues, printer issues... I'm just sayin', girl's got issues.
- The end of any action or process.
- The end of any period of time.
- The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly The eternal happiness or misery of the departed saint depended on the issue of this contest between the powers of good and evil for the possession of his mortal remains.
- The result of a discussion or negotiation, an agreement.
- The result of an investigation or consideration, a conclusion.
- The action or an instance of feeling some emotion.
- The action or an instance of leaving any state or condition.
verb issues · issuing · issued
- To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from. The water issued forth from the spring.
- To rush out, to sally forth. The men issued from the town and attacked the besiegers.
- To extend into, to open onto. The road issues into the highway.
- To turn out in a certain way, to result in. But, for Livy, Roman patriotism is overriding, and this issues, of course, in an antiquarian attention to the city's origins.
- To end up as, to turn out being, to become as a result. And let his foes like flockes of feareful Roes, Purſude by hunters, flie his angry lookes, That I may ſee him iſſue Conquerour.
- To come to a point in fact or law on which the parties join issue.
- To send out; to put into circulation. The Federal Reserve issues US dollars.
- To deliver for use. The prison issued new uniforms for the inmates.
- To deliver by authority. The court issued a writ of mandamus.
Similar: begive
Issue²
- /ˈɪʃ(j)u/
- /ˈɪʃ(j)ə/
Where it comes from
From Free (“not enslaved”) Issue (“progeny”), "an antiquated designation for descendants of enslaved people who were freed before the Civil War", later applied to Monacans because Virginia laws for a time required births to be registered as either "White" or "Colored", erasing Indians, and clerks later haphazardly classified Monacans (even from the same mother and father) as "Mixed Indian", "Negro", or "Issue".
noun Issues
- A Monacan Indian; a member of a Mestee group originating in Amherst County, Virginia.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: government issue, take, issuance, payoff, supply, return, bring out, proceeds, emergence, come forth, emerge, egress, yield, exit, way out, release
verb
Similar: begive
Translations
Every language
noun act of flowing out
| Español | flujo |
|---|---|
| Português | fluxo |
| Français | sortie, émission |
| Deutsch | Ausgehen |
| Italiano | emissione, fuoriuscita |
| Русский | вытека́ние vytekánije |
noun outflow of bodily fluid
| Русский | излия́ние izlijánije |
|---|
noun something flowing or sent out
| Español | emisión, envío |
|---|---|
| Português | emissão, tiragem |
| Français | exsudat, flux, numéro |
| Italiano | emissione |
noun contested point in a dispute or debate
| Español | cuestión, asunto, torete, volandeque |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 問題 /问题 wèntí |
| Português | problema, ponto de debate, questão |
| Français | controverse, polémique, question, point m de débat |
| Italiano | questione |
| Русский | пробле́ма probléma, вопро́с voprós, пункт punkt |
noun legal term for offspring
| Español | herederos, descendencia, progenie |
|---|---|
| Português | descendente |
| Français | rejeton, progéniture, descendance |
| Deutsch | Nachkomme, Abkömmling |
| Русский | пото́мство potómstvo, пото́мок potómok |
noun produce or income from farmland or rental property
| Français | fruit, fructus |
|---|---|
| Русский | урожа́й urožáj, вы́работка výrabotka |
noun a single edition of a periodical publication
| Español | número, entrega |
|---|---|
| Português | fascículo, número |
| Français | numéro |
| Deutsch | Heft, Ausgabe |
| Ελληνικά | τεύχος téfchos |
| Русский | вы́пуск výpusk, изда́ние izdánije |
| Tiếng Việt | số |
| العربية | عَدَد ʕadad |
noun problem or concern
| Español | problema, preocupación, cuestión |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 問題 /问题 wèntí |
| Kiswahili | suala |
| Português | problema, questão |
| Français | problème |
| Deutsch | Kernpunkt, Problem |
| Italiano | problematica |
| Ελληνικά | θέμα théma |
| Română | problemă |
| Русский | пробле́ма probléma, вопро́с voprós, пункт punkt, те́ма téma |
| Tiếng Việt | vấn đề |
| العربية | مُشْكِل muškil, مَسْأَلَة masʔala |
noun act of sending out
| Español | emisión, envío, expedición |
|---|---|
| Português | emissão, envio |
| Français | livraison, délivrance, émission |
| Italiano | emissione |
| Română | emisiune |
| Русский | отпра́вка otprávka, отсы́лка otsýlka |
noun conclusion
| Português | resultado, fim |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Abschluss, Schluss |
| Italiano | esito |
| Русский | исхо́д isxód, результа́т rezulʹtát |
verb to turn out
| Italiano | risultare |
|---|
verb to flow out; to proceed from
| Français | sortir, jaillir, descendre de, fructifier |
|---|---|
| Italiano | emettere, procedere, emanare |
verb to sally forth
| Français | jaillir, faire une sortie, faire une percée |
|---|
verb to extend into
| Français | déboucher, donner sur |
|---|---|
| Italiano | immettere |
verb to deliver for use
| Español | expedir, carnetizar (an ID) |
|---|---|
| Português | emitir |
| Français | livrer |
| Deutsch | ausgeben |
| Italiano | distribuire |
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