Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

back issue

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.17 in modern English

Syllables: back- is-sue
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An edition of a magazine, etc, that was published earlier than the current edition.

Inflected Forms

back issues (plural)

Synonyms

back number

Questions

What does back issue mean?: An edition of a magazine, etc, that was published earlier than the current edition.

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