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issue is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
involve - issue - it
issue is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

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  • enPR: ĭsyo͞o or ĭsho͞o
  • IPA (key): /ˈɪsju/ or /ˈɪʃu/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

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Singular
issue

Plural
issues

  1. An issue is a particular topic or subject, often one that people are discussing and/or is a problem.
    The students raised an important issue in my last class, and I hope we can discuss it today.
    We'd like to hire you, but there are some legal issues that we have to consider first.
  2. An issue of a magazine, newspaper, etc. is the version that is published at one time.
    The March issue of The Walrus has an interesting article on healthcare.

Synonyms

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Verb

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Plain form
issue

Third-person singular
issues

Past tense
issued

Past participle
issued

Present participle
issuing

  1. (transitive) If you issue something, such as a statement, guidelines or an order, you officially publish it.
    The governments of Canada and the United States jointly issued a statement about the recent crash.

Antonyms

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