"issue" | Definition and Related Words

issue

Noun

An important question that is in dispute and must be settled (synset 105822776)
"the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues"

is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
subtypes:
- gut issue, hot-button issue - an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions
- paramount issue - an issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled
- bread-and-butter issue, pocketbook issue - an issue whose settlement will affect financial resources
- quodlibet - an issue that is presented for formal disputation
One of a series published periodically (synset 106609182)
"she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"

is a type of: periodical - a publication that appears at fixed intervals

subtypes: edition - an issue of a newspaper

belongs to: serial, serial publication, series - a periodical that appears at scheduled times

same as: number
Some situation or event that is thought about (synset 105822417)
"he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

is a type of: cognitive content, content, mental object - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
subtypes:
- area - a subject of study
- blind spot - a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment
- remit - the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with
- res adjudicata, res judicata - a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again
same as: matter, subject, topic
The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) (synset 101062158)
"a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"

is a type of: provision, supply, supplying - the activity of supplying or providing something

subtypes: 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

same as: issuance, issuing
Supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government (synset 113388766)
referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation

is a type of: fund, stock, store - a supply of something available for future use

same as: government issue, military issue
The income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property (synset 113281089)
"the average return was about 5%"

is a type of: income - the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
subtypes:
- economic rent, rent - the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions
- payback - financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment)
same as: payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield
A phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon (synset 111430739)
"the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"

is a type of: phenomenon - any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
subtypes:
- materialisation, materialization, offspring - something that comes into existence as a result
- aftereffect - any result that follows its cause after an interval
- aftermath, backwash, wake - the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event)
- bandwagon effect - the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity
- brisance - the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion
- butterfly effect - the 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
- by-product, byproduct - a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence
- change - the result of alteration or modification
- coattails effect - (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
- 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
- dent - an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
- domino effect - the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall)
- harvest - the consequence of an effort or activity
- impact, wallop - a forceful consequence; a strong effect
- influence - the effect of one thing (or person) on another
- knock-on effect - a secondary or incidental effect
- branch, offset, offshoot, outgrowth - a natural consequence of development
- product - a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances
- placebo effect - any 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
- position effect - (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
- repercussion, reverberation - a remote or indirect consequence of some action
- response - a result
- fallout, side effect - any adverse and unwanted secondary effect
- spillover - (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure
same as: consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot
The immediate descendants of a person (synset 110393697)
"she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"

is a type of: relation, relative - a person related by blood or marriage
subtypes:
- baby - the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
- bastard, by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson - the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents
- child, kid - a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
- eldest, firstborn - the offspring who came first in the order of birth
- grandchild - a child of your son or daughter
- heir, successor - a person who inherits some title or office
same as: offspring, progeny
The becoming visible (synset 107334509)
"not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"

is a type of: beginning - the event consisting of the start of something
subtypes:
- eruption - the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum
- dissilience - the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe
same as: egress, emergence
An opening that permits escape or release (synset 103308910)
"he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"

is a type of: opening - a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

subtypes: outfall - the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water

same as: exit, outlet, way out
The act of issuing printed materials (synset 101105519)
is a type of: printing - the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution

same as: publication

Verb

Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale (synset 200969657)
"publish a magazine or newspaper"

is a type of: air, bare, publicise, publicize - make public

subtypes: edit - supervise the publication of

same as: bring out, publish, put out, release
Circulate or distribute or equip with (synset 202484912)
"issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"

is a type of: distribute - make available
subtypes:
- free, release, unblock, unfreeze - make (assets) available
- reissue - issue (a new version of)
- free, release - make (information) available for publication
same as: supply
Bring out an official document (such as a warrant) (synset 201065071)
is a type of: communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings
Come out of (synset 200530070)
"Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
subtypes:
- pop out - come out suddenly or forcefully
- radiate - issue or emerge in rays or waves
- leak - enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
- escape - issue or leak, as from a small opening
- fall - come out; issue
- debouch - pass out or emerge; especially of rivers
- come out, fall out - come off
same as: come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth
Make out and issue (synset 201066821)
"write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"

is a type of: write - communicate or express by writing

subtypes: check - write out a check on a bank account

same as: cut, make out, write out

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