Synonyms: issuance, issue, issuing
Definition: the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
Usage: a new issue of stamps; the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
Similar words: supply, supplying, provision
Definition: the activity of supplying or providing something
Synonyms: publication, issue
Definition: the act of issuing printed materials
Similar words: printing
Definition: the business of producing printed material for sale or distribution
Synonyms: exit, issue, outlet, way out
Definition: an opening that permits escape or release
Usage: he blocked the way out; the canyon had only one issue
Similar words: opening
Definition: a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made
Usage: they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door
Synonyms: topic, subject, matter, issue
Definition: some situation or event that is thought about
Usage: he kept drifting off the topic; he had been thinking about the subject for several years; it is a matter for the police
Similar words: mental object, content, cognitive content
Definition: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Synonyms: issue
Definition: an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
Usage: the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone; politicians never discuss the real issues
Similar words: mental object, content, cognitive content
Definition: the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
Definition: one of a series published periodically
Usage: she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room
Similar words: periodical
Definition: a publication that appears at fixed intervals
Synonyms: issue, egress, emergence
Definition: the becoming visible
Usage: not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins
Similar words: beginning
Definition: the event consisting of the start of something
Usage: the beginning of the war
Synonyms: offspring, issue, progeny
Definition: the immediate descendants of a person
Usage: she was the mother of many offspring; he died without issue
Similar words: relation, relative
Definition: a person related by blood or marriage
Usage: police are searching for relatives of the deceased; he has distant relations back in New Jersey
Synonyms: effect, consequence, event, issue, result, outcome, upshot
Definition: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
Usage: the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise; his decision had depressing consequences for business; he acted very wise after the event
Similar words: phenomenon
Definition: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning
Synonyms: proceeds, return, yield, payoff, take, takings, issue
Definition: the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
Usage: the average return was about 5%
Similar words: income
Definition: the financial gain (earned or unearned) accruing over a given period of time
Synonyms: government issue, military issue, issue
Definition: supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
Similar words: stock, store, fund
Definition: a supply of something available for future use
Usage: he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Synonyms: release, publish, put out, bring out, issue
Definition: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Usage: publish a magazine or newspaper
Similar words: publicise, publicize, air, bare
Definition: make public
Usage: She aired her opinions on welfare
Synonyms: issue
Definition: bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
Similar words: communicate, intercommunicate
Definition: transmit thoughts or feelings
Usage: He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist
Synonyms: write out, cut, issue, make out
Definition: make out and issue
Usage: write out a check; cut a ticket; Please make the check out to me
Similar words: write
Definition: communicate or express by writing
Usage: Please write to me every week
Definition: circulate or distribute or equip with
Usage: issue a new uniform to the children; supply blankets for the beds
Similar words: distribute
Definition: make available
Usage: The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia