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Word entry · 5 letters

issue

Best crossword clue

"Matter under debate"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɪʃuː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted eissuStarts with IEnds with E2 cluesVery common crossword word
1I2S3S4U5E

Definitions

  1. A topic, problem, edition, or act of releasing.

Word origin

From Middle English issue, from Old French issue (“an exit, a way out”), feminine past participle of issir (“to exit”), from Latin exeō (“go out, exit”), from prefix ex- (“out”) + eō (“go”).

Used in a sentence

  • The technique minimizes the issue of blood from the incision.
  • And behold, a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeeres, came behinde him [Jesus], and touched the hemme of his garment.
  • For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Matter under debate5 letters
02Topic or problem5 letters

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