issue.
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow
Meaning & usage
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.
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.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out Offspring: one's natural child or children.
He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out The produce or income derived from farmland or rental properties.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out Income derived from fines levied by a court or law-enforcement officer; the fines themselves.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out The entrails of a slaughtered animal.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out Any action or deed performed by a person.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out Luck considered as the favor or disfavor of nature, the gods, or God.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out A single edition of a newspaper or other periodical publication.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out 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.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out The entire set of something; all of something.
The bloody sergeant snaffled our whole issue of booze, dammit.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out Any financial instrument issued by a company.
The company's issues have included bonds, stocks, and other securities.
Someone or something that flows out or comes out 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
The means or opportunity by which something flows or comes out A sewer.
The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet An exit from a room or building.
The place where something flows or comes out, an outlet 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.
The action or an instance of sending something out A small incision, tear, or artificial ulcer, used to drain fluid and usually held open with a pea or other small object.
The action or an instance of sending something out The production or distribution of something for general use.
The action or an instance of sending something out 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 sending something out 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.
Any question or situation to be resolved 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.
Any question or situation to be resolved 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.
Any question or situation to be resolved A difficult choice between two alternatives, a dilemma.
Any question or situation to be resolved 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 action or an instance of concluding something The end of any action or process.
The action or an instance of concluding something The end of any period of time.
The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome, particularly
The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome The result of a discussion or negotiation, an agreement.
The end result of an event or events, any result or outcome 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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Old French issir Old French issuebor. Middle English issue English issue 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.
To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from.
The water issued forth from the spring.
The rents issuing from the land permitted him to live as a man of independent means.
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.
To end up as, to turn out being, to become as a result.
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Old French issir Old French issuebor. Middle English issue English issue 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.
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