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issue

English

🔊 the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
“a new issue of stamps”
🔊 the act of issuing printed materials
🔊 an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
“the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone”
🔊 one of a series published periodically
“she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room”
🔊 supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
🔊 an opening that permits escape or release
“he blocked the way out”
🔊 the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
“the average return was about 5%”
🔊 some situation or event that is thought about
“he kept drifting off the topic”
🔊 the becoming visible
“not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins”
🔊 the immediate descendants of a person
“she was the mother of many offspring”
🔊 a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
“the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise”
🔊 come out of
“Water issued from the hole in the wall”
🔊 bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
🔊 circulate or distribute or equip with
“issue a new uniform to the children”
🔊 make out and issue
“write out a check”
🔊 prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
“publish a magazine or newspaper”