English Dictionary
Definition issue in British English
issue
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
noun
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
▪ contentious, controversial, divisive, important, key, major, pressing, sensitive, thorny, unresolved
▪ address, cloud, complicate, confront, confuse, consider, dodge, duck, evade, examine, explore, fudge, raise, tackle
It's a website devoted to environmental issues.
Abortion is always a controversial issue.
a problem that needs to be considered
The reliability of the statistics is not an issue.
There were issues about the way the department was organized.
a magazine that is published at a particular time
These tips appeared in recent issues of The Practical Gardener.
a set of things, for example shares in a company, that are made available to people at a particular time
the act of officially giving something to someone
