Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

join issue

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: join is-sue
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of two people, to argue with one another.

British usage

verb

Of two parties to a legal proceeding, to agree to argue about a particular legal claim.

British usage

Example Sentences

"[W]ith Rejoinders and Replies, / Long Bills, and Anſvvers, ſtuft vvith Lies, / Demurr, Imparlance, and Eſſoign, / The Parties ne'er could Iſſue join: / For Sixteen Years the Cauſe vvas ſpun, / And then ſtood vvhere it firſt begun."
"In one sense, the Court’s decision to pass over this complication may be understandable. After all, none of the parties before us questioned the application of a discovery rule in proceedings below, but joined issue only over how it should work."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

joins issue (present, singular) joining issue (participle, present) joined issue (participle, past) joined issue (past)

Questions

What does join issue mean?: Of two people, to argue with one another.

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