issue
noun
[ ˈɪʃuː ]
• an important topic or problem for debate or discussion.
• "the issue of racism"
Similar:
matter,
matter in question,
affair,
business,
subject,
topic,
question,
point,
point at issue,
item,
thing,
case,
concern,
theme,
proceeding,
situation,
occasion,
circumstance,
problem,
bone of contention,
controversy,
argument,
• the action of supplying or distributing an item for use, sale, or official purposes.
• "the issue of notes by the Bank of England"
Similar:
issuing,
issuance,
publication,
publishing,
circulation,
distribution,
supplying,
supply,
sending out,
delivery,
appearance,
• a result or outcome of something.
• "the chance of carrying such a scheme to a successful issue was small"
Similar:
result,
outcome,
consequence,
end result,
net result,
upshot,
effect,
after-effect,
aftermath,
conclusion,
end,
denouement,
pay-off,
• the action of flowing or coming out.
• "a point of issue"
Similar:
discharge,
emission,
release,
outflow,
outflowing,
outpouring,
outrush,
rush,
flood,
deluge,
spurt,
jet,
cascade,
stream,
torrent,
gush,
flow,
flux,
outflux,
welling,
leakage,
escape,
drain,
drainage,
excretion,
secretion,
ejection,
disgorgement,
debouchment,
emanation,
exudation,
exuding,
venting,
effluence,
effluent,
effusion,
efflux,
• children of one's own.
• "the earl died without male issue"
Similar:
offspring,
descendants,
heirs,
successors,
children,
sons or daughters,
progeny,
scions,
family,
youngsters,
babies,
kids,
seed,
fruit,
fruit of one's loins,
spawn,
issue
verb
• supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.
• "licences were issued indiscriminately to any company"
Similar:
supply,
provide,
furnish,
arm,
equip,
fit out,
rig out,
accoutre,
outfit,
fit up,
provision,
stock,
purvey,
accommodate,
present,
invest,
endow,
favour,
kit out,
fix up,
• come, go, or flow out from.
• "exotic smells issued from a nearby building"
Similar:
emanate,
emerge,
proceed,
exude,
discharge,
flow (out/forth),
pour (out/forth),
gush (out/forth),
come (out/forth),
seep (out/forth),
ooze (out/forth),
spread out,
be uttered,
be emitted,
be transmitted,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘outflowing’): from Old French, based on Latin exitus, past participle of exire ‘go out’.
