EGAVE

issue

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 90.56 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly: A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie. The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly in abnormal amounts.
    The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
  2. noun A movement of soldiers towards an enemy, a sortie.
  3. noun The outflow of a bodily fluid, particularly in abnormal amounts.
    The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
  4. noun Someone or something that flows out or comes out, particularly: The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue. Offspring: one's natural child or children.
    He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up.
  5. noun The bodily fluid drained through a natural or artificial issue.
  6. noun Offspring: one's natural child or children.
    He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up.
  7. noun Progeny: all one's lineal descendants.
    Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe.
  8. noun A race of people considered as the descendants of some common ancestor.

Similar words

government issue take issuance payoff supply return bring out proceeds emergence come forth

Often followed by

of in is was a and that to for

Word family

back issue back issues issued issueless issuer issuers issues issuing make an issue of make an issue of it

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