| issue | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. issue | an important question that is in dispute and must be settled.; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ gut issue, hot-button issue | an issue that elicits strong emotional reactions. |
| ~ paramount issue | an issue whose settlement is more important than anything else; and issue that must be settled before anything else can be settled. |
| ~ bread-and-butter issue, pocketbook issue | an issue whose settlement will affect financial resources. |
| ~ quodlibet | an issue that is presented for formal disputation. |
| n. (communication) | 2. issue, number | one of a series published periodically.; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room" |
| ~ periodical | a publication that appears at fixed intervals. |
| ~ serial publication, serial, series | a periodical that appears at scheduled times. |
| ~ edition | an issue of a newspaper.; "he read it in yesterday's edition of the Times" |
| n. (cognition) | 3. issue, matter, subject, topic | some situation or event that is thought about.; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police" |
| ~ cognitive content, mental object, content | the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned. |
| ~ area | a subject of study.; "it was his area of specialization"; "areas of interest include..." |
| ~ blind spot | a subject about which you are ignorant or prejudiced and fail to exercise good judgment.; "golf is one of his blind spots and he's proud of it" |
| ~ remit | the topic that a person, committee, or piece of research is expected to deal with or has authority to deal with.; "they set up a group with a remit to suggest ways for strengthening family life" |
| ~ res adjudicata, res judicata | a matter already settled in court; cannot be raised again. |
| n. (act) | 4. issuance, issue, issuing | the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity).; "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago" |
| ~ supplying, provision, supply | the activity of supplying or providing something. |
| ~ stock issue | (corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time. |
| n. (possession) | 5. government issue, issue, military issue | supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government. |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ fund, store, stock | a supply of something available for future use.; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" |
| n. (possession) | 6. issue, payoff, proceeds, return, take, takings, yield | the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property.; "the average return was about 5%" |
| ~ income | the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time. |
| ~ economic rent, rent | the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions. |
| ~ payback | financial return or reward (especially returns equal to the initial investment). |
| n. (phenomenon) | 7. consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot | a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon.; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event" |
| ~ phenomenon | any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning. |
| ~ offspring, materialisation, materialization | something that comes into existence as a result.; "industrialism prepared the way for acceptance of the French Revolution's various socialistic offspring"; "this skyscraper is the solid materialization of his efforts" |
| ~ aftereffect | any result that follows its cause after an interval. |
| ~ aftermath, wake, backwash | the consequences of an event (especially a catastrophic event).; "the aftermath of war"; "in the wake of the accident no one knew how many had been injured" |
| ~ bandwagon effect | the phenomenon of a popular trend attracting even greater popularity.; "in periods of high merger activity there is a bandwagon effect with more and more firms seeking to engage in takeover activity"; "polls are accused of creating a bandwagon effect to benefit their candidate" |
| ~ brisance | the shattering or crushing effect of a sudden release of energy as in an explosion. |
| ~ butterfly effect | the phenomenon whereby a small change at one place in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere, e.g., a butterfly flapping its wings in Rio de Janeiro might change the weather in Chicago. |
| ~ by-product, byproduct | a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence. |
| ~ change | the result of alteration or modification.; "there were marked changes in the lining of the lungs"; "there had been no change in the mountains" |
| ~ coattails effect | (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party.; "he counted on the coattails effect to win him the election" |
| ~ coriolis effect | (physics) an effect whereby a body moving in a rotating frame of reference experiences the Coriolis force acting perpendicular to the direction of motion and to the axis of rotation; on Earth the Coriolis effect deflects moving bodies to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere. |
| ~ dent | an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening).; "it made a dent in my bank account" |
| ~ domino effect | the consequence of one event setting off a chain of similar events (like a falling domino causing a whole row of upended dominos to fall). |
| ~ harvest | the consequence of an effort or activity.; "they gathered a harvest of examples"; "a harvest of love" |
| ~ wallop, impact | a forceful consequence; a strong effect.; "the book had an important impact on my thinking"; "the book packs a wallop" |
| ~ influence | the effect of one thing (or person) on another.; "the influence of mechanical action" |
| ~ knock-on effect | a secondary or incidental effect. |
| ~ offshoot, outgrowth, branch, offset | a natural consequence of development. |
| ~ product | a consequence of someone's efforts or of a particular set of circumstances.; "skill is the product of hours of practice"; "his reaction was the product of hunger and fatigue" |
| ~ placebo effect | any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's faith in the treatment or preconceptions about what the experimental drug was supposed to do; pharmacologists were the first to talk about placebo effects but now the idea has been generalized to many situations having nothing to do with drugs. |
| ~ position effect | (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome. |
| ~ repercussion, reverberation | a remote or indirect consequence of some action.; "his declaration had unforeseen repercussions"; "reverberations of the market crash were felt years later" |
| ~ response | a result.; "this situation developed in response to events in Africa" |
| ~ fallout, side effect | any adverse and unwanted secondary effect.; "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal" |
| ~ spillover | (economics) any indirect effect of public expenditure. |
| n. (person) | 8. issue, offspring, progeny | the immediate descendants of a person.; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue" |
| ~ baby | the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young).; "the baby of the family"; "the baby of the Supreme Court" |
| ~ by-blow, illegitimate, illegitimate child, love child, whoreson, bastard | the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents. |
| ~ child, kid | a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age.; "they had three children"; "they were able to send their kids to college" |
| ~ eldest, firstborn | the offspring who came first in the order of birth. |
| ~ grandchild | a child of your son or daughter. |
| ~ relative, relation | a person related by blood or marriage.; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" |
| ~ heir, successor | a person who inherits some title or office. |
| n. (event) | 9. egress, emergence, issue | the becoming visible.; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins" |
| ~ beginning | the event consisting of the start of something.; "the beginning of the war" |
| ~ eruption | the emergence of a tooth as it breaks through the gum. |
| ~ dissilience | the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe. |
| n. (artifact) | 10. exit, issue, outlet, way out | an opening that permits escape or release.; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue" |
| ~ opening | a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made.; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door" |
| ~ outfall | the outlet of a river or drain or other source of water. |
| n. (act) | 11. issue, publication | the act of issuing printed materials. |
| ~ printing | the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution. |
| v. (communication) | 12. bring out, issue, publish, put out, release | prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.; "publish a magazine or newspaper" |
| ~ publicize, bare, publicise, air | make public.; "She aired her opinions on welfare" |
| ~ edit | supervise the publication of.; "The same family has been editing the influential newspaper for almost 100 years" |
| v. (social) | 13. issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with.; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" |
| ~ unfreeze, unblock, release, free | make (assets) available.; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" |
| ~ reissue | issue (a new version of).; "if you forget your password, it can be changed and reissued" |
| ~ distribute | make available.; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia" |
| ~ free, release | make (information) available for publication.; "release the list with the names of the prisoners" |
| v. (communication) | 14. issue | bring out an official document (such as a warrant). |
| ~ communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings.; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" |
| v. (change) | 15. come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue | come out of.; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves" |
| ~ pop out | come out suddenly or forcefully.; "you stick a bill in the vending machine and the change pops out" |
| ~ radiate | issue or emerge in rays or waves.; "Heat radiated from the metal box" |
| ~ leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure.; "Water leaked out of the can into the backpack"; "Gas leaked into the basement" |
| ~ escape | issue or leak, as from a small opening.; "Gas escaped into the bedroom" |
| ~ fall | come out; issue.; "silly phrases fell from her mouth" |
| ~ debouch | pass out or emerge; especially of rivers.; "The tributary debouched into the big river" |
| ~ fall out, come out | come off.; "His hair and teeth fell out" |
| v. (communication) | 16. cut, issue, make out, write out | make out and issue.; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me" |
| ~ write | communicate or express by writing.; "Please write to me every week" |
| ~ check | write out a check on a bank account. |
| let out | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. emit, let loose, let out, utter | express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).; "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
| ~ call | utter in a loud voice or announce.; "He called my name"; "The auctioneer called the bids" |
| ~ gibber | chatter inarticulately; of monkeys. |
| ~ crow | express pleasure verbally.; "She crowed with joy" |
| ~ crow | utter shrill sounds.; "The cocks crowed all morning" |
| ~ trumpet | utter in trumpet-like sounds.; "Elephants are trumpeting" |
| ~ coo | cry softly, as of pigeons. |
| ~ cry, scream, shout out, yell, holler, shout, squall, hollo, call | utter a sudden loud cry.; "she cried with pain when the doctor inserted the needle"; "I yelled to her from the window but she couldn't hear me" |
| ~ miaou, miaow | make a cat-like sound. |
| ~ tsk, tut, tut-tut | utter `tsk,' `tut,' or `tut-tut,' as in disapproval. |
| ~ echo, repeat | to say again or imitate.; "followers echoing the cries of their leaders" |
| ~ call | utter a characteristic note or cry.; "bluejays called to one another" |
| ~ shoot | utter fast and forcefully.; "She shot back an answer" |
| ~ gurgle | utter with a gurgling sound.; "`Help,' the stabbing victim gurgled" |
| ~ cry | utter a characteristic sound.; "The cat was crying" |
| ~ nasale | speak in a nasal voice.; "`Come here,' he nasaled" |
| ~ bite out | utter.; "She bit out a curse" |
| ~ sigh | utter with a sigh. |
| ~ troat | emit a cry intended to attract other animals; used especially of animals at rutting time. |
| ~ lift | make audible.; "He lifted a war whoop" |
| ~ pant | utter while panting, as if out of breath. |
| ~ volley | utter rapidly.; "volley a string of curses" |
| ~ break into | express or utter spontaneously.; "break into a yodel"; "break into a song"; "break into tears" |
| ~ heave | utter a sound, as with obvious effort.; "She heaved a deep sigh when she saw the list of things to do" |
| ~ chorus | utter in unison.; "`yes,' the children chorused" |
| ~ splutter, sputter | utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage. |
| ~ deliver | utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.).; "The students delivered a cry of joy" |
| ~ hoot | to utter a loud clamorous shout.; "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance" |
| ~ grunt | issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise.; "He grunted his reluctant approval" |
| ~ wolf-whistle | whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males. |
| ~ snort | indicate contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose.; "she snorted her disapproval of the proposed bridegroom" |
| ~ spit, spit out | utter with anger or contempt. |
| ~ groan, moan | indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure.; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" |
| ~ growl, rumble, grumble | to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds.; "he grumbled a rude response"; "Stones grumbled down the cliff" |
| ~ wrawl, yammer, yowl, howl | cry loudly, as of animals.; "The coyotes were howling in the desert" |
| ~ bark | make barking sounds.; "The dogs barked at the stranger" |
| ~ baa, blat, blate, bleat | cry plaintively.; "The lambs were bleating" |
| ~ bellow, roar | make a loud noise, as of animal.; "The bull bellowed" |
| ~ cheep, chirp, chirrup, peep | make high-pitched sounds.; "the birds were chirping in the bushes" |
| ~ churr, whirr | make a vibrant sound, as of some birds. |
| ~ chirr | make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas. |
| ~ meow, mew | cry like a cat.; "the cat meowed" |
| ~ quack | utter quacking noises.; "The ducks quacked" |
| ~ hoot | utter the characteristic sound of owls. |
| ~ cronk, honk | cry like a goose.; "The geese were honking" |
| ~ hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate | make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval. |
| ~ sibilate | utter a sibilant. |
| ~ bray, hee-haw | braying characteristic of donkeys. |
| ~ oink, squeal | utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs. |
| ~ cluck, clack, click | make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens. |
| ~ low, moo | make a low noise, characteristic of bovines. |
| ~ cackle | squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens. |
| ~ gobble | make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys. |
| ~ neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny | make a characteristic sound, of a horse. |
| ~ gargle | utter with gargling or burbling sounds. |
| ~ caw | utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens. |
| ~ mew | utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls. |
| ~ haw | utter `haw'.; "he hemmed and hawed" |
| ~ hem | utter `hem' or `ahem'. |
| ~ cronk, croak | utter a hoarse sound, like a raven. |
| ~ sing | to make melodious sounds.; "The nightingale was singing" |
| ~ smack | press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating. |
| ~ give | emit or utter.; "Give a gulp"; "give a yelp" |
| v. (communication) | 2. break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, unwrap | make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret.; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" |
| ~ blackwash | bring (information) out of concealment. |
| ~ muckrake | explore and expose misconduct and scandals concerning public figures.; "This reporter was well-known for his muckraking" |
| ~ blow | cause to be revealed and jeopardized.; "The story blew their cover"; "The double agent was blown by the other side" |
| ~ out | reveal (something) about somebody's identity or lifestyle.; "The gay actor was outed last week"; "Someone outed a CIA agent" |
| ~ come out of the closet, out, come out | to state openly and publicly one's homosexuality.; "This actor outed last year" |
| ~ spring | produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly.; "He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ get around, get out, break | be released or become known; of news.; "News of her death broke in the morning" |
| ~ betray, bewray | reveal unintentionally.; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" |
| ~ confide | reveal in private; tell confidentially. |
| ~ leak | tell anonymously.; "The news were leaked to the paper" |
| ~ babble out, blab, blab out, let the cat out of the bag, peach, spill the beans, tattle, babble, sing, talk | divulge confidential information or secrets.; "Be careful--his secretary talks" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ reveal | disclose directly or through prophets.; "God rarely reveal his plans for Mankind" |
| v. (contact) | 3. bring out, let out | bring out of a specific state. |
| ~ let go, let go of, release, relinquish | release, as from one's grip.; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall" |
| v. (change) | 4. let out, widen | make (clothes) larger.; "Let out that dress--I gained a lot of weight" |
| ~ vary, alter, change | become different in some particular way, without permanently losing one's or its former characteristics or essence.; "her mood changes in accordance with the weather"; "The supermarket's selection of vegetables varies according to the season" |
| publicise | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. advertise, advertize, publicise, publicize | call attention to.; "Please don't advertise the fact that he has AIDS" |
| ~ announce, denote | make known; make an announcement.; "She denoted her feelings clearly" |
| ~ headline | publicize widely or highly, as if with a headline. |
| ~ ballyhoo | advertize noisily or blatantly. |
| v. (communication) | 2. air, bare, publicise, publicize | make public.; "She aired her opinions on welfare" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| ~ hype | publicize in an exaggerated and often misleading manner. |
| ~ bulletin | make public by bulletin. |
| ~ issue, publish, bring out, release, put out | prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.; "publish a magazine or newspaper" |
| ~ disseminate, circulate, pass around, broadcast, circularise, diffuse, circularize, spread, disperse, distribute, propagate | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| ~ broadcast, air, transmit, beam, send | broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television.; "We cannot air this X-rated song" |
| resign | | |
| v. (social) | 1. give up, renounce, resign, vacate | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" |
| ~ abdicate, renounce | give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations.; "The King abdicated when he married a divorcee" |
| ~ leave office, step down, quit, resign | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| v. (social) | 2. leave office, quit, resign, step down | give up or retire from a position.; "The Secretary of the Navy will leave office next month"; "The chairman resigned over the financial scandal" |
| ~ resign, vacate, renounce, give up | leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily.; "She vacated the position when she got pregnant"; "The chairman resigned when he was found to have misappropriated funds" |
| ~ retire | go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position.; "He retired at age 68" |
| ~ top out | give up one's career just as one becomes very successful.; "The financial consultant topped out at age 40 because he was burned out" |
| ~ pull up stakes, depart, leave | remove oneself from an association with or participation in.; "She wants to leave"; "The teenager left home"; "She left her position with the Red Cross"; "He left the Senate after two terms"; "after 20 years with the same company, she pulled up stakes" |
| ~ fall | lose office or power.; "The government fell overnight"; "The Qing Dynasty fell with Sun Yat-sen" |
| v. (possession) | 3. free, give up, release, relinquish, resign | part with a possession or right.; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne" |
| ~ hand, pass on, turn over, pass, reach, give | place into the hands or custody of.; "hand me the spoon, please"; "Turn the files over to me, please"; "He turned over the prisoner to his lawyers" |
| ~ derequisition | release from government control. |
| ~ sacrifice, give | endure the loss of.; "He gave his life for his children"; "I gave two sons to the war" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. reconcile, resign, submit | accept as inevitable.; "He resigned himself to his fate" |
| ~ accept | consider or hold as true.; "I cannot accept the dogma of this church"; "accept an argument" |
| step down | | |
| v. (change) | 1. de-escalate, step down, weaken | reduce the level or intensity or size or scope of.; "de-escalate a crisis" |
| ~ minify, decrease, lessen | make smaller.; "He decreased his staff" |
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