issue

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An important subject or problem that people discuss or argue about

   Climate change is a major issue for young people today.

2. 2
   noun

   One edition of a magazine or newspaper

   They found an old issue of the magazine in the waiting room.

3. 3
   verb

   To officially give out or provide something

   The school will issue a new uniform to every child.

4. 4
   verb

   To flow or come out from somewhere

   Water issued from a crack in the wall.

Common collocations

• issue a pass Verb + noun

From Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”). The legal meaning originated from the concept of "the end or result of pleadings in a suit (by presenting the point to be determined by trial)," leading to the sense of "the controversy over facts in a trial" (early 14th century, Anglo-French). This later extended to mean "a point of contention between two parties" (early 15th century) and more generally, "an important point to be decided" (1836). Conseque…

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