1. (n.)issue the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution.
2. issue a series of things or one of a series of things that is printed, published, or distributed at one time: a new bond issue; the latest issue of a magazine.
3. issue a point in question or a matter that is in dispute.
28. issue to submit an issue jointly for legal decision.
Definition of 'Issue'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)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"
2. (noun)issue, number one of a series published periodically "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"
3. (noun)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. (noun)issue, issuing, issuance 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"
5. (noun)issue, military issue, government issue supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
6. (noun)return, issue, take, takings, proceeds, yield, payoff the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property "the average return was about 5%"
7. (noun)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"
8. (noun)offspring, progeny, issue the immediate descendants of a person "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"
9. (noun)emergence, egress, issue the becoming visible "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
10. (noun)exit, issue, outlet, way out an opening that permits escape or release "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
11. (verb)issue, publication the act of issuing printed materials
12. (verb)publish, bring out, put out, issue, release prepare and issue for publicdistribution or sale "publish a magazine or newspaper"
13. (verb)issue, supply circulate or distribute or equip with "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
14. (verb)issue bring out an officialdocument (such as a warrant)
15. (verb)issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress come out of "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
16. (verb)write out, issue, make out, cut make out and issue "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
1. (noun)issue a subject being discussed ***a website dedicated to the issue of euthanasia
2. issue ***raise an issue ***to start talking about a subject He raised the issue of funding.
3. issue a copy or edition of a newspaper, magazine, etc. the January/April/October issue of Home and Living magazine
4. issue make an issue of to cause sth to seem more important than it is Try not to make an issue of his poor eating habits.
5. issue take issue with to disagree with researchers who took issue with survey results
6. (verb)issue to provide or make available Soldiers will be issued with the correct equipment.
7. issue to announce A health warning has been issued.
Definition of 'Issue'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Issue the act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house
2. (noun)Issue the act of sending out, or causing to go forth; delivery; issuance; as, the issue of an order from a commanding officer; the issue of money from a treasury
3. (noun)Issue that which passes, flows, or is sent out; the whole quantity sent forth or emitted at one time; as, an issue of bank notes; the daily issue of a newspaper
4. (noun)Issue progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants
5. (noun)Issue produce of the earth, or profits of land, tenements, or other property; as, A conveyed to B all his right for a term of years, with all the issues, rents, and profits
6. (noun)Issue a discharge of flux, as of blood
7. (noun)Issue an artificial ulcer, usually made in the fleshy part of the arm or leg, to produce the secretion and discharge of pus for the relief of some affected part
8. (noun)Issue the finaloutcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial
10. (noun)Issue in pleading, a singlematerialpoint of law or fact depending in the suit, which, beingaffirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned
11. (verb)Issue to pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place
12. (verb)Issue to go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers
13. (verb)Issue to proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun
14. (verb)Issue to proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring
15. (verb)Issue to extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway
16. (verb)Issue to be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profitsissuing from land, tenements, or a capitalstock
17. (verb)Issue to close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the causewillissue
18. (verb)Issue in pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties joinissue
19. (verb)Issue to send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank
20. (verb)Issue to deliver for use; as, to issue provisions
21. (verb)Issue to send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ
Definitions of 'Issue'
The Roycroft Dictionary
Issue In physiology, something that comes up and out; in politics, something that goes down and in.