Search results for 'issue':

issue noun 1 the giving out, publishing or making available of something, eg stamps, a magazine, etc. 2 something given out, published or made available, eg stamps, a magazine, book, etc. 3 one item in a regular series • the December issue of the magazine. 4 a subject for discussion or argument. 5 a result or consequence. 6 formal children; offspring. 7 an act of going or flowing out. 8 a way out, outlet or outflow, eg where a stream begins. verb (issued, issuing) 1 to give or send out, distribute, publish or make available, especially officially or formally. 2 (usually issue someone with something) to supply them with the required item, eg an official document. 3 intrans (often issue forth or out) to flow or come out, especially in large quantities. 4 (usually issue in something) to end or result in it. 5 intrans (often issue from someone or something) to come or descend from them or it; to be produced or caused by them or it. at issue 1 in dispute or disagreement. 2 under discussion. force the issue to act so as to force a decision to be taken. join or take issue with someone to disagree with them. make an issue of something to make it the explicit subject of an argument or disagreement.
ETYMOLOGY: 13c: French, from Latin exitus exit.