issues

Topics requiring attention

Issues are matters requiring attention or resolution: We need to address several issues before launch.

The word often softens harder terms—issues can mean problems without sounding as negative: The software has some issues.

Personal issues are emotional or psychological difficulties: He has anger issues.

To take issue with something is to disagree with it.

Issues also means offspring, now archaic except in legal contexts, and the copies of a periodical from a particular date: the March issue.

controversy

debate

Formal argument on issues

disputeVerbal clash over differences
contentionAssertion or rivalry
disagreementAbsence of shared opinion

conflict · tension · discord · friction · division · polarization · backlash · outcry · scandal · hot-button

publication

edition

Single published version

copyIdentical reproduction made
numberSymbol representing quantity
volumeAmount of space filled

installment · circulation · newsstand · periodical · quarterly · monthly · weekly · release · subscriber · collector

topics

agenda

Formal discussion list

climatePrevailing atmospheric conditions
economySystem of trade and production
educationSystematic development of mind

employment · energy · environment · equality · ethics · housing · immigration · infrastructure · poverty · privacy

problems

malfunction

Failure to operate properly

glitchMinor system fault
bugCrawling creature or defect
defectInherent imperfection or fault

fault · error · breakdown · complication · difficulty · obstacle · setback · trouble · hurdle · impediment

emergence

arise

Come into being

emergeCome out into view
surfaceOutermost boundary layer
stemPlant's central axis

develop · originate · result · ensue · spring · flow · emanate · derive · proceed · materialize

Categories

subjects'topics, themes, matters, school subjects, math
annoyancesannoyance, annoyances, irritations, irritation, nuisance
customer'sneeds, wants, preferences, expectations, satisfaction
obstaclesbarriers, block, obstacles, barrier, blockers
periodicalsmagazines, magazine, newspaper, journals, periodicals
discussion topicstopics, subjects, themes, matters, debates

Opposites

problems vs. solutions

issuessolutions

Answers to problems

resolutions · answers · fixes · remedies · cures

RELEASE VS. RETENTION (publishing/distribution)

issueswithholds

Refuses to release

suppresses · conceals · recalls · retracts · withdraws

EMERGENCE VS. WITHDRAWAL (flowing/emanating)

Moves gradually away

withdraws · retreats · absorbs · ingests · enters

Phrases

health issuesPhysical or mental ailments
trust issuesSkepticism toward others' motives
back issuesEarlier editions of periodicals
daddy issuesPsychological effects of poor fathering
unresolved issues
take issue

Family

issue, issued, issuing, reissue, reissued, issuer, reissues, issuers, nonissue

Familiarity: Top 10,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G