ISSUE
What does "ISSUE" mean?
An important topic or problem for debate, or something sent or given out.
Meanings
- A point in question or a problem needing attention. Affordable housing is the issue voters care about most this year.
- A single edition of a magazine, newspaper, or comic. The first issue of the comic now sells for thousands.
- To officially supply, distribute, or send out. The court issued a warrant for his arrest.
- To flow, come, or emerge from a source. Steam issued from the cracked pipe. formal
- A person's children or descendants, especially in legal language. He died without issue, so the estate passed to a cousin. formal
Word origin
From Old French 'issue' ('a going out, exit'), from Latin 'exire' ('to go out'), from 'ex-' (out) + 'ire' (to go).
Remember it
ISSUE is about something going OUT - whether a magazine, a decree, or steam from a pipe.
A little poem
One word for heir, for headline, and for vent-
all three are simply things that found a way to went.
couplet
Wordplay
- My therapist asked if I had issues. I said no, just a subscription.
What it teaches
Everything that troubles you and everything you publish share a root: both are just what flows out under pressure.
Quick facts
What does ISSUE mean?
An important topic or problem for debate, or something sent or given out.
Is ISSUE a valid word?
Yes — ISSUE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ISSUE?
ISSUE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ISSUE come from?
From Old French 'issue' ('a going out, exit'), from Latin 'exire' ('to go out'), from 'ex-' (out) + 'ire' (to go).
What can ISSUE teach us?
Everything that troubles you and everything you publish share a root: both are just what flows out under pressure.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.