issue
/ˈɪʃ(j)u/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.23 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow
noun
Someone or something that flows out or comes out
noun
Someone or something that flows out or comes out
noun
Someone or something that flows out or comes out
Example Sentences
- "The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision."
- "And behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres, came behinde him [Jesus], and touched the hemme of his garment."
- "For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses."
- "He died intestate and without issue, so the extended family have all lawyered up."
- "His Majesty, His issue, if any, and the descendants of that issue, shall not after His Majesty’s abdication have any right, title or interest in or to the succession to the Throne, and section one of the Act of Settlement shall be construed accordingly."
- "Although his own kingdom disappeared, his issue went on to rule a quarter of Europe."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin eō Latin exeō Old French issir Old French issuebor. Middle English issue English issue From Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”). The legal meaning originated from the concept of "the end or result of pleadings in a suit (by presenting the point to be determined by trial)," leading to the sense of "the controversy over facts in a trial" (early 14th century, Anglo-French). This later extended to mean "a point of contention between two parties" (early 15th century) and more generally, "an important point to be decided" (1836). Consequently, the verbal phrase take issue with emerged in 1797 (preceded by join issue in the 1690s), meaning "to adopt an affirmative or negative stance in a dispute with another." The expression to have issues, meaning "to have unresolved conflicts," dates to 1990.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₁ey-, issue, exeō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɪʃ(j)u/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
at issue
back issue
bank of issue
bond issue
bread-and-butter issue
bring to issue
bring to an issue
feigned issue