noun
issue
The final result of a course of events.
The final issue of the dispute remains uncertain.
Etymology
The word’s older meaning includes an exit or coming out. An issue of events is what comes out at the end of their course: the resulting outcome.
More examples
- The negotiations came to a successful issue.
- He waited anxiously for the issue of the appeal.
- The old account describes the unhappy issue of the expedition.
Forms
issue · issues
Similar words
- outcome
- The usual modern term for a final result.
- consequence
- A result specifically caused by something earlier.