issue meaning and definition

ISSUE noun

Definition of issue (noun)

1. an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
   • "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues"
2. one of a series published periodically
   • "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"
   • synonyms: number
3. some situation or event that is thought about
   • "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
   • synonyms: 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"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"
   • synonyms: issuance, issuing
5. supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
   • synonyms: government issue, military issue
6. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
   • "the average return was about 5%"
   • synonyms: payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield
7. a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
   • "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
   • synonyms: consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot
8. the immediate descendants of a person
   • "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"
   • synonyms: offspring, progeny
9. the becoming visible
   • "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
   • synonyms: egress, emergence
10. an opening that permits escape or release
    • "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
    • synonyms: exit, outlet, way out
11. the act of issuing printed materials
    • synonyms: publication

ISSUE verb

Definition of issue (verb)

1. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
   • "publish a magazine or newspaper"
   • synonyms: bring out, publish, put out, release
2. circulate or distribute or equip with
   • "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
   • synonyms: supply
   • antonym: recall
3. bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
4. come out of
   • "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
   • synonyms: come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth
5. make out and issue
   • "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
   • synonyms: cut, make out, write out