issue
♦♦♦ is|sue /'ɪsjuː, 'ɪʃuː/ (issues issuing issued)
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing.
Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships...
Is it right for the Church to express a view on political issues?
see also side issue
= subject, matter
2 [N-SING] the N
If something is the issue, it is the thing you consider to be the most important part of a situation or discussion.
I was earning a lot of money, but that was not the issue...
The real issue was never addressed.
3 [N-COUNT]
An issue of something such as a magazine or newspaper is the version of it that is published, for example, in a particular month or on a particular day.
The growing problem is underlined in the latest issue of the Lancet...
= edition
4 [VERB] V n, V n
If you issue a statement or a warning, you make it known formally or publicly.
Last night he issued a statement denying the allegations...
Yesterday his kidnappers issued a second threat to kill him.
= put out
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed with n
If you are issued with something, it is officially given to you.
On your appointment you will be issued with a written statement of particulars of employment...
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Issue is also a noun.
...a standard army issue rifle.
6 [VERB] V from n
When something such as a liquid, sound, or smell issues from something, it comes out of that thing. (FORMAL)
A tinny voice issued from a speaker.
7 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed.
The problems of immigration were not the question at issue...
8 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you make an issue of something, you try to make other people think about it or discuss it, because you are concerned or annoyed about it.
It seemed the Colonel had no desire to make an issue of the affair.
9 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
If you take issue with someone or something they said, you disagree with them, and start arguing about it.
I will not take issue with the fact that we have a recession.
= argueback is|sue (back issues)
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A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
= back numberis|sue price (issue prices)
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The issue price of shares is the price at which they are offered for sale when they first become available to the public. (BUSINESS)
Shares in the company slipped below their issue price on their first day of trading.rights is|sue (rights issues)
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A rights issue is when a company offers shares at a reduced price to people who already have shares in the company. (BUSINESS)share is|sue (share issues)
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When there is a share issue, shares in a company are made available for people to buy. (BUSINESS)side is|sue (side issues)
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A side issue is an issue or subject that is not considered to be as important as the main one.
I must forget these side issues and remember my mission.
1 [N-COUNT] usu with supp
An issue is an important subject that people are arguing about or discussing.
Agents will raise the issue of prize-money for next year's world championships...
Is it right for the Church to express a view on political issues?
see also side issue
= subject, matter
2 [N-SING] the N
If something is the issue, it is the thing you consider to be the most important part of a situation or discussion.
I was earning a lot of money, but that was not the issue...
The real issue was never addressed.
3 [N-COUNT]
An issue of something such as a magazine or newspaper is the version of it that is published, for example, in a particular month or on a particular day.
The growing problem is underlined in the latest issue of the Lancet...
= edition
4 [VERB] V n, V n
If you issue a statement or a warning, you make it known formally or publicly.
Last night he issued a statement denying the allegations...
Yesterday his kidnappers issued a second threat to kill him.
= put out
5 [VERB] usu passive, be V-ed with n
If you are issued with something, it is officially given to you.
On your appointment you will be issued with a written statement of particulars of employment...
[N-UNCOUNT] oft N n
Issue is also a noun.
...a standard army issue rifle.
6 [VERB] V from n
When something such as a liquid, sound, or smell issues from something, it comes out of that thing. (FORMAL)
A tinny voice issued from a speaker.
7 [PHRASE] usu v-link PHR
The question or point at issue is the question or point that is being argued about or discussed.
The problems of immigration were not the question at issue...
8 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you make an issue of something, you try to make other people think about it or discuss it, because you are concerned or annoyed about it.
It seemed the Colonel had no desire to make an issue of the affair.
9 [PHRASE] V inflects, PHR n
If you take issue with someone or something they said, you disagree with them, and start arguing about it.
I will not take issue with the fact that we have a recession.
= argueback is|sue (back issues)
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A back issue of a magazine or newspaper is one that was published some time ago and is not the most recent.
= back numberis|sue price (issue prices)
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The issue price of shares is the price at which they are offered for sale when they first become available to the public. (BUSINESS)
Shares in the company slipped below their issue price on their first day of trading.rights is|sue (rights issues)
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A rights issue is when a company offers shares at a reduced price to people who already have shares in the company. (BUSINESS)share is|sue (share issues)
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When there is a share issue, shares in a company are made available for people to buy. (BUSINESS)side is|sue (side issues)
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A side issue is an issue or subject that is not considered to be as important as the main one.
I must forget these side issues and remember my mission.