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ISSUING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
Example:
the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("issuing" is a kind of...):
provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "issuing"):
stock issue ((corporation law) the authorization and delivery of shares of stock for sale to the public or the shares thus offered at a particular time)
Derivation:
issue (circulate or distribute or equip with)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb issue
Context examples:
Three doors faced up upon the second floor, and it was from the central of these that the sinister sounds were issuing, sinking sometimes into a dull mumble and rising again into a shrill whine.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The word curricle made Charles Musgrove jump up that he might compare it with his own; the servant in mourning roused Anne's curiosity, and the whole six were collected to look, by the time the owner of the curricle was to be seen issuing from the door amidst the bows and civilities of the household, and taking his seat, to drive off.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
No one could resist her persuasive nods, or the fragrant invitation issuing from the nose of the coffee pot.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
How many children Sophy could have taken care of in her time, I can't imagine; but she seemed to be famous for knowing every sort of song that ever was addressed to a child in the English tongue; and she sang dozens to order with the clearest little voice in the world, one after another (every sister issuing directions for a different tune, and the Beauty generally striking in last), so that I was quite fascinated.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Out in the garden stood a stately snow maiden, crowned with holly, bearing a basket of fruit and flowers in one hand, a great roll of music in the other, a perfect rainbow of an Afghan round her chilly shoulders, and a Christmas carol issuing from her lips on a pink paper streamer.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
