issue

1. noun

1)

the committee discussed the issue

Syn:

matter, matter in question, question, point, point at issue, affair, case, subject, topic; problem, bone of contention

2)

the issue of a special stamp

Syn:

issuing, publication, publishing, printing; circulation, distribution

3)

the latest issue of our magazine

Syn:

edition, number, copy, installment, volume, publication

4) Law

she died without issue

Syn:

offspring, descendants, heirs, successors, children, progeny, family; archaic seed, fruit (of one's loins)

5)

an issue of water

Syn:

discharge, emission, release, outflow, outflowing, secretion, emanation, exudation, effluence; technical efflux

2. verb

1)

the mayor issued a statement

Syn:

send out, put out, release, deliver, publish, announce, pronounce, broadcast, communicate, circulate, distribute, disseminate, transmit

2)

the students were issued with new uniforms

Syn:

supply, provide, furnish, arm, equip, fit out, rig out; Brit. kit out; informal fix up

3)

the smell of onion issued from the kitchen

Syn:

emanate, emerge, exude, flow (out/forth), pour (out/forth); be emitted

4)

large profits might issue from the deal

Syn:

result from, follow, ensue from, stem from, spring (forth) from, arise from, proceed from, come (forth) from; be the result of, be brought on/about by, be produced by

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- at issue

- take issue with