issue
issue is a 5-letter English word with 37 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. 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.
- noun. Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes, in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all lineal descendants.
- noun. 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.
- noun. A discharge of flux, as of blood.
- noun. 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.
- noun. The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event; hence, contest; test; trial.
- noun. A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose or decide.
- noun. In pleading, a single material point of law or fact depending in the suit, which, being affirmed on the one side and denied on the other, is presented for determination. See General issue, under General, and Feigned issue, under Feigned.
- intransitive verb. To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed place.
- intransitive verb. To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
- intransitive verb. To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from springs; light issues from the sun.
- intransitive verb. To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended; to spring.
- intransitive verb. To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the highway.
- intransitive verb. To be produced as an effect or result; to grow or accrue; to arise; to proceed; as, rents and profits issuing from land, tenements, or a capital stock.
- intransitive verb. To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know not how the cause will issue.
- intransitive verb. In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which the parties join issue.
- transitive verb. To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes from a bank.
- transitive verb. To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
- transitive verb. To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to issue an order; to issue a writ.
- noun. 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"
- noun. the act of issuing printed materials
- noun. an opening that permits escape or release
"he blocked the way out"
"the canyon had only one issue"
- noun. some situation or event that is thought about
"he kept drifting off the topic"
"he had been thinking about the subject for several years"
- noun. 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"
- noun. one of a series published periodically
"she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"
- noun. the becoming visible
"not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
- noun. the immediate descendants of a person
"she was the mother of many offspring"
"he died without issue"
- noun. 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"
- noun. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
"the average return was about 5%"
- noun. supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
- verb. come out of
"Water issued from the hole in the wall"
"The words seemed to come out by themselves"
- verb. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
"publish a magazine or newspaper"
- verb. bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
- verb. make out and issue
"write out a check"
"cut a ticket"
- verb. circulate or distribute or equip with
"issue a new uniform to the children"
"supply blankets for the beds"
Synonyms
issuance, issuing, publication, exit, outlet, matter, subject, topic, number, egress, emergence, offspring, progeny, consequence, effect, event, outcome, result, upshot, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in issue:
Common word forms
issued, issuer, issues, issuing, issueless
Words from these letters
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