| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | is·sue |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   sh  |
| NOUN: | 1a. The act or an instance of flowing, passing, or giving out. b. The act of circulating, distributing, or publishing by an office or official group: government issue of new bonds. 2. Something produced, published, or offered, as: a. An item or set of items, as stamps or coins, made available at one time by an office or bureau. b. A single copy of a periodical: the May issue of the magazine. c. A distinct set of copies of an edition of a book distinguished from others of that edition by variations in the printed matter. d. A final result or conclusion, as a solution to a problem. e. Proceeds from estates or fines. f. Something proceeding from a specified source: suspicions that were the issue of a deranged mind. 3. Offspring; progeny: died without issue. 4a. A point or matter of discussion, debate, or dispute: legal and moral issues. b. A matter of public concern: debated economic issues. c. A misgiving, objection, or complaint: had issues with the plan to change the curriculum. d. The essential point; crux: the issue of how to provide adequate child care. e. A culminating point leading to a decision: bring a case to an issue. 5. Informal A personal problem or emotional disorder: The teacher discussed the child's issues with his parents. 6. A place of egress; an outlet: a lake with no issue to the sea. 7. Pathology a. A discharge, as of blood or pus. b. A lesion, wound, or ulcer producing such a discharge. 8. Archaic Termination; close. | | VERB: | Inflected forms: is·sued, is·su·ing, is·sues
| | INTRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To go or come out. See synonyms at appear. 2. To accrue as proceeds or profit: Little money issued from the stocks. 3. To be born or be descended. 4. To be circulated or published. 5. To spring or proceed from a source. See synonyms at stem1. 6. To terminate or result. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | 1. To cause to flow out; emit. 2. To circulate or distribute in an official capacity: issued uniforms to the players. 3. To publish: issued periodic statements. | | IDIOMS: | at issue 1. In question; in dispute: “Many people fail to grasp what is really at issue here” (Gail Sheehy).2. At variance; in disagreement. join issue 1. To enter into controversy. 2. Law To submit an issue for decision. take issue To take an opposing point of view; disagree. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French eissue, issue, from Vulgar Latin *ex ta, alteration of Latin exita, feminine past participle of ex re, to go out : ex-, ex- + re, to go; see ei- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | issu·er —NOUN
issue·less —ADJECTIVE
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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