Meaning of 'issue' (Webster Dictionary)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Progeny; a child or children; offspring. In law, sometimes,
in a general sense, all persons descended from a common ancestor; all
lineal descendants.
- 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.
- A discharge of flux, as of blood.
- 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.
- The final outcome or result; upshot; conclusion; event;
hence, contest; test; trial.
- 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.
- 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.
- To pass or flow out; to run out, as from any inclosed
place.
- To go out; to rush out; to sally forth; as, troops issued
from the town, and attacked the besiegers.
- To proceed, as from a source; as, water issues from
springs; light issues from the sun.
- To proceed, as progeny; to be derived; to be descended;
to spring.
- To extend; to pass or open; as, the path issues into the
highway.
- 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.
- To close; to end; to terminate; to turn out; as, we know
not how the cause will issue.
- In pleading, to come to a point in fact or law, on which
the parties join issue.
- To send out; to put into circulation; as, to issue notes
from a bank.
- To deliver for use; as, to issue provisions.
- To send out officially; to deliver by authority; as, to
issue an order; to issue a writ.
Meaning of 'issue' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
Example in sentence:- a new issue of stamps;
- the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
Meaning (2):
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Example in sentence:- he acted very wise after the event;
- his decision had depressing consequences for business;
- the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise
Meaning (3):
- an opening that permits escape or release
Example in sentence:- he blocked the way out;
- the canyon had only one issue
Meaning (4):
- the immediate descendants of a person
Example in sentence:- he died without issue;
- she was the mother of many offspring
Meaning (5):
- some situation or event that is thought about
Example in sentence:- he had been thinking about the subject for several years;
- he kept drifting off the topic;
- it is a matter for the police
Meaning (6):
- the becoming visible
Example in sentence:- not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
Meaning (7):
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
Example in sentence:- politicians never discuss the real issues;
- the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone
Meaning (8):
- one of a series published periodically
Example in sentence:- she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
Meaning (9):
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Example in sentence:- the average return was about 5%
Meaning (10):
- make out and issue
Example in sentence:- cut a ticket;
- Please make the check out to me;
- write out a check
Meaning (11):
- circulate or distribute or equip with
Example in sentence:- issue a new uniform to the children;
- supply blankets for the beds
Meaning (12):
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Example in sentence:- publish a magazine or newspaper
Meaning (13):
- come out of
Example in sentence:- The words seemed to come out by themselves;
- Water issued from the hole in the wall
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