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issue - noun

  1. The act or process of publishing printed matter: printing, publication, publishing. See words.
  2. Something brought about by a cause: aftermath, consequence, corollary, effect, end product, event, fruit, harvest, outcome, precipitate, ramification, result, resultant, sequel, sequence, sequent, upshot. See cause.
  3. A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors: brood, get, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed. See kin.
  4. A situation that presents difficulty, uncertainty, or perplexity: hornets' nest, problem, question. Informal can of worms. See easy.

issue - verb

  1. To pass or pour out: discharge, empty, flow. See enter.
  2. To discharge material, as vapor or fumes, usually suddenly and violently: emit, give, give forth, give off, give out, let off, let out, release, send forth, throw off, vent. See free. move.
  3. To come into view: appear, emerge, loom, materialize, show. See see.
  4. To have hereditary derivation: derive, descend, spring. See kin.
  5. To present for circulation, exhibit, or sale: bring out, publish, put out. See words.
  6. To have as a source: arise, come, derive, emanate, flow, originate, proceed, rise, spring, stem, upspring. See start.