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Issue

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house.

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Narrower term 41

Aftermath 76% connected

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Baby 76% connected

An infant or young child of either sex; a babe.

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Backwash 76% connected

To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

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Bastard 76% connected

A "natural" child; a child begotten and born out of wedlock; an illegitimate child; one born of an illicit union.

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Branch 76% connected

A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant.

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By-blow 76% connected

A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.

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By-product 76% connected

A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.

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Byproduct 76% connected

a secondary and sometimes unexpected consequence

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Change 76% connected

To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change t…

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Child 76% connected

A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used…

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Dent 76% connected

A stroke; a blow.

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Dissilience 76% connected

Alt. of Dissiliency

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Edition 76% connected

A literary work edited and published, as by a certain editor or in a certain manner; as, a good edition of Chaucer; Chalmers' edition of Shakespeare.

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Eldest 76% connected

Oldest; longest in duration.

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Eruption 76% connected

The act of breaking out or bursting forth; as: (a) A violent throwing out of flames, lava, etc., as from a volcano of a fissure in the earth's crust.…

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Firstborn 76% connected

First brought forth; first in the order of nativity; eldest; hence, most excellent; most distinguished or exalted.

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Grandchild 76% connected

A son's or daughter's child; a child in the second degree of descent.

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Harvest 76% connected

The gathering of a crop of any kind; the ingathering of the crops; also, the season of gathering grain and fruits, late summer or early autumn.

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Heir 76% connected

One who inherits, or is entitled to succeed to the possession of, any property after the death of its owner; one on whom the law bestows the title or…

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Illegitimate 76% connected

Not according to law; not regular or authorized; unlawful; improper.

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Impact 76% connected

To drive close; to press firmly together: to wedge into a place.

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Influence 76% connected

A flowing in or upon; influx.

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Kid 76% connected

A young goat.

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Materialization 76% connected

The act of materializing, or the state of being materialized.

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Offset 76% connected

In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something

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Offshoot 76% connected

That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.

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Offspring 76% connected

The act of production; generation.

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Outfall 76% connected

The mouth of a river; the lower end of a water course; the open end of a drain, culvert, etc., where the discharge occurs.

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Outgrowth 76% connected

That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence.

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Product 76% connected

Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation, growth, labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes; as, the product…

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Quodlibet 76% connected

A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.

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Remit 76% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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Rent 76% connected

of Rend

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Repercussion 76% connected

The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound.

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Response 76% connected

The act of responding.

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Reverberation 76% connected

The act of reverberating; especially, the act of reflecting light or heat, or reechoing sound; as, the reverberation of rays from a mirror; the rever…

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Successor 76% connected

One who succeeds or follows; one who takes the place which another has left, and sustains the like part or character; -- correlative to predecessor;…

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Wake 76% connected

The track left by a vessel in the water; by extension, any track; as, the wake of an army.

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Wallop 76% connected

To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop.

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Whoreson 76% connected

A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively.

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Broader term 22

Air 76% connected

The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, a…

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Bare 76% connected

Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare.

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Beginning 76% connected

of Begin

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Come 76% connected

of Come

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Communicate 76% connected

To share in common; to participate in.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Distribute 76% connected

To divide among several or many; to deal out; to apportion; to allot.

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Fund 76% connected

An aggregation or deposit of resources from which supplies are or may be drawn for carrying on any work, or for maintaining existence.

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Income 76% connected

A coming in; entrance; admittance; ingress; infusion.

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Intercommunicate 76% connected

To communicate mutually; to hold mutual communication.

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Periodical 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods.

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Phenomenon 76% connected

An appearance; anything visible; whatever, in matter or spirit, is apparent to, or is apprehended by, observation; as, the phenomena of heat, light,…

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Printing 76% connected

of Print

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Provision 76% connected

The act of providing, or making previous preparation.

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Relation 76% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

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Relative 76% connected

Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.

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Stock 76% connected

The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.

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Store 76% connected

That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Supplying 76% connected

of Supply

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

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Manner of action 11

Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Debouch 76% connected

To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.

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Edit 76% connected

To superintend the publication of; to revise and prepare for publication; to select, correct, arrange, etc., the matter of, for publication; as, to e…

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

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Fall 76% connected

To Descend, either suddenly or gradually; particularly, to descend by the force of gravity; to drop; to sink; as, the apple falls; the tide falls; th…

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Free 76% connected

Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's own impulses, desires, or inclination…

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Leak 76% connected

A crack, crevice, fissure, or hole which admits water or other fluid, or lets it escape; as, a leak in a roof; a leak in a boat; a leak in a gas pipe.

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Radiate 76% connected

To emit rays; to be radiant; to shine.

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Reissue 76% connected

To issue a second time.

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Release 76% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Unfreeze 76% connected

To thaw.

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Derivationally related 12

Egress 74% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Egress 74% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Ensue 74% connected

To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.

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Ensue 74% connected

To follow; to pursue; to follow and overtake.

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Issuance 74% connected

The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like.

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Issuance 74% connected

The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like.

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Issuer 74% connected

One who issues, emits, or publishes.

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Issuer 74% connected

One who issues, emits, or publishes.

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Issuing 74% connected

of Issue

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Issuing 74% connected

of Issue

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Lead 74% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Lead 74% connected

One of the elements, a heavy, pliable, inelastic metal, having a bright, bluish color, but easily tarnished. It is both malleable and ductile, though…

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Containing group 2

Serial 70% connected

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

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Series 70% connected

A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as,…

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Synonym 28

Consequence 92% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Cut 92% connected

of Cut

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Effect 92% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Egress 92% connected

The act of going out or leaving, or the power to leave; departure.

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Emerge 92% connected

To rise out of a fluid; to come forth from that in which anything has been plunged, enveloped, or concealed; to issue and appear; as, to emerge from…

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Emergence 92% connected

The act of rising out of a fluid, or coming forth from envelopment or concealment, or of rising into view; sudden uprisal or appearance.

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Event 92% connected

That which comes, arrives, or happens; that which falls out; any incident, good or bad.

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Exit 92% connected

He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

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Issuance 92% connected

The act of issuing, or giving out; as, the issuance of an order; the issuance of rations, and the like.

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Issuing 92% connected

of Issue

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Matter 92% connected

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of concep…

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Number 92% connected

That which admits of being counted or reckoned; a unit, or an aggregate of units; a numerable aggregate or collection of individuals; an assemblage m…

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Offspring 92% connected

The act of production; generation.

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Outcome 92% connected

That which comes out of, or follows from, something else; issue; result; consequence; upshot.

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Outlet 92% connected

The place or opening by which anything is let out; a passage out; an exit; a vent.

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Proceeds 92% connected

That which comes forth or results; effect; yield; issue; product; sum accruing from a sale, etc.

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Progeny 92% connected

Descendants of the human kind, or offspring of other animals; children; offspring; race, lineage.

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Publication 92% connected

The act of publishing or making known; notification to the people at large, either by words, writing, or printing; proclamation; divulgation; promulg…

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Publish 92% connected

To make public; to make known to mankind, or to people in general; to divulge, as a private transaction; to promulgate or proclaim, as a law or an ed…

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Release 92% connected

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

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Result 92% connected

To leap back; to rebound.

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Return 92% connected

To turn back; to go or come again to the same place or condition.

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Subject 92% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Supply 92% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Take 92% connected

Taken.

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Topic 92% connected

One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (…

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Upshot 92% connected

Final issue; conclusion; the sum and substance; the end; the result; the consummation.

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Yield 92% connected

To give in return for labor expended; to produce, as payment or interest on what is expended or invested; to pay; as, money at interest yields six or…

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Near synonym 1

Problem 92% connected

A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a q…

general 78% interchangeable

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Formal equivalent 1

Problem 85% connected

A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a q…

neutral 78% interchangeable less formal stronger

Issue is often a more neutral professional term, but can sound vague.

We found a problem. / We identified an issue.

Antonym 2

Recall 94% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Recall 94% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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