n. 25B6; noun
the committee discussed the issue : MATTER (IN QUESTION), question, point (at issue), affair, case, subject, topic; problem, bone of contention.
the issue of a special stamp : ISSUING, publication, publishing; circulation, distribution, supplying, appearance.
the latest issue of our magazine : EDITION, number, instalment, copy.
(Law) she died without issue : OFFSPRING, descendants, heirs, successors, children, progeny, family; informal kids; archaic seed, fruit (of one's loins).
an issue of blood : DISCHARGE, emission, release, outflow, outflowing, outflux; secretion, emanation, exudation, effluence; technical efflux.
(dated) a favourable issue : (END) RESULT, outcome, consequence, upshot, conclusion, end.
25B6; verb
the minister issued a statement : SEND OUT, put out, release, deliver, publish, announce, broadcast, communicate, circulate, distribute, disseminate.
the captain issued the crew with guns : SUPPLY, provide, furnish, arm, equip, fit out, rig out, kit out; informal fix up.
savoury smells issued from the kitchen : EMANATE, emerge, exude, flow (out/forth), pour (out/forth); be emitted.
large profits might issue from the deal : RESULT, follow, ensue, stem, spring, arise, proceed; be the result of, be brought on/about by, be produced by.
withdraw.
25A0; at issue IN QUESTION, in dispute, under discussion, under consideration, for debate.
25A0; take issue DISAGREE, be in dispute, be in contention, be at variance, be at odds, argue, quarrel; challenge, dispute, (call into) question; archaic disaccord.