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Noun issue has 11 senses
- issue - 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"
--1 is a kind of content, cognitive content, mental object
--1 has particulars: quodlibet
- issue, number - one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waitingroom"
--2 is a kind of periodical
--2 is a member of series, serial, serial publication
--2 has particulars: edition
- issue, issuing, issuance - the provision of something by issuing it (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"
--3 is a kind of provision, supply, supplying
--3 has particulars: stock issue
- topic, subject, issue, matter - 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"
--4 is a kind of content, cognitive content, mental object
--4 has particulars: blind spot; res judicata, res adjudicata; area
- issue, military issue, government issue - supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
--5 is a kind of store, stock, fund
- offspring, progeny, issue - the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"
--6 is a kind of relative, relation
--6 has particulars:
- consequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshot - 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"
--7 is a kind of phenomenon
--7 has particulars: | | offspring, materialization, materialisation; aftereffect; aftermath, wake, backwash; bandwagon effect; brisance; butterfly effect; by-product, byproduct; change; coattails effect; Coriolis effect; dent; domino effect; harvest; impact, wallop; influence; knock-on effect; outgrowth, branch, offshoot, offset; product; placebo effect; position effect; repercussion, reverberation; response; side effect, fallout; spillover |
- return, issue, proceeds, take, takings, yield, payoff - the income arising from land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
--8 is a kind of income
--8 has particulars: economic rent, rent; payback
- emergence, egress, issue - the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
--9 is a kind of beginning
--9 has particulars: eruption; dissilience
- exit, issue, outlet, way out - an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
--10 is a kind of opening
--10 has particulars: outfall
- issue, publication - the act of issuing printed materials
--11 is a kind of printing
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