issue
[ ish-oo or, especially British, is-yoo ]
/ ˈɪʃ u or, especially British, ˈɪs yu /
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noun
verb (used with object), is·sued, is·su·ing.
verb (used without object), is·sued, is·su·ing.
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Origin of issue
First recorded in 1275–1325; from Middle English, from Middle French: “place or passage out”; from Old French (e)issue, from unattested Vulgar Latin exūta, noun use of feminine of unattested exūtus, Latin exitus “act or means of going out,” for the noun senses; from Middle English issuen, derivative of the noun, or from Middle French, Old French (e)issu, past participle of issir “to go out” (ultimately derived from Latin exīre ) for the verb senses; see exit1
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British Dictionary definitions for issue
issue
/ (ˈɪʃuː, ˈɪsjuː) /
noun
verb -sues, -suing or -sued
Derived forms of issue
issueless, adjectiveissuer, nounWord Origin for issue
C13: from Old French eissue way out, from eissir to go out, from Latin exīre, from ex- 1 + īre to go
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Other Idioms and Phrases with issue
issue
see at issue; take issue with.
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