issue
One copy of “Celebrities are Cool” magazine is an issue. It is issued, or put out, by the publisher. You and your mother may argue over the issue, or topic, of whether or not you should read it.
The original meaning of the word issue was to put something out. If a celebrity issues a statement or the post office issues new stamps, they put them out for the public. Likewise, an issue is a current topic, sometimes controversial, that is being discussed. Politicians often say they want to talk about the issues (and not their personal lives!). You might hear someone say, “He’s got issues” about a person who has some problems, usually emotional ones, but this is a very new use for the word.
Definitions of issue
some situation or event that is thought about
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areaa subject of study
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blind spota subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment
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remitthe topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
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res adjudicata, res judicataa matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again
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gray area, grey areaan intermediate area; a topic that is not clearly one thing or the other
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territoryan area of knowledge or interest
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cognitive content, content, mental objectthe sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
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issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone”“politicians never discuss the real
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gut issue, hot-button issuean issue that elicits strong emotional reactions
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paramount issuean issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled
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bread-and-butter issue, pocketbook issuean issue whose settlement will affect financial resources
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quodlibetan issue that is presented for formal disputation
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cognitive content, content, mental objectthe sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
one of a series published periodically
“she found an old
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editionan issue of a newspaper
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extraan additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)
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periodicala publication that appears at fixed intervals
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edition
the act of issuing printed materials
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publication-
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printingthe business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
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printing
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
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communicate, intercommunicatetransmit thoughts or feelings
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communicate, intercommunicate
the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
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stock issue(corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time
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stock issue
supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
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government issue, military issuecirculate or distribute or equip with
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supply-
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recallmake unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
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free, release, unblock, unfreezemake (assets) available
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reissueissue (a new version of)
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free, releasemake (information) available for publication
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declassifylift the restriction on and make available again
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distributemake available
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recall
make out and issue
a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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materialisation, materialization, offspringsomething that comes into existence as a result
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aftereffectany result that follows its cause after an interval
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aftermath, backwash, wakethe consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
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bandwagon effectthe phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity
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brisancethe shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
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butterfly effectthe phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago
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by-product, byproducta secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
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changethe result of alteration or modification
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coattails effect(politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
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Coriolis effect(physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere
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dentan appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
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domino effectthe consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
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harvestthe consequence of an effort or activity
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impact, wallopa forceful consequence; a strong effect
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influencethe effect of one thing (or person) on another
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knock-on effecta secondary or incidental effect
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branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowtha natural consequence of development
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producta consequence of someone’s efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
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placebo effectany effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person’s faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs
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position effect(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
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repercussion, reverberationa remote or indirect consequence of some action
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responsea result
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fallout, side effectany adverse and unwanted secondary effect
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spillover(economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
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perturbation(physics) a secondary influence on a system that causes it to deviate slightly
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purchasea means of exerting influence or gaining advantage
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winda tendency or force that influences events
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reactiona response that reveals a person’s feelings or attitude
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epiphenomenona secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
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depolarisation, depolarizationa loss of polarity or polarization
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phenomenonany state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
the becoming visible
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eruptionthe emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
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dissiliencethe emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe
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beginningthe event consisting of the start of something
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eruption
the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
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economic rent, rentthe return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
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paybackfinancial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
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incomethe financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
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economic rent, rent
the immediate descendants of a person
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babythe youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
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bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoresonthe illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
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child, kida human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
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eldest, firstbornthe offspring who came first in the order of birth
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grandchilda child of your son or daughter
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heir, successora person who inherits some title or office
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army bratthe child of a career officer of the United States Army
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babe, baby, infanta very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
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female offspringa child who is female
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granddaughtera female grandchild
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grandsona male grandchild
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great grandchilda child of your grandson or granddaughter
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male offspring, man-childa child who is male
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stepchilda child of your spouse by a former marriage
an opening that permits escape or release
come out of
“Water
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pop outcome out suddenly or forcefully
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radiateissue or emerge in rays or waves
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leakenter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
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escapeissue or leak, as from a small opening
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fallcome out; issue
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debouchpass out or emerge; especially of rivers
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come out, fall outcome off
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