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problème — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • conundrum noun A confusing or difficult problem, often one without a clear solution.
  • issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  • problem noun A difficult situation or matter that needs to be solved or dealt with.
  • trouble noun A difficult, worrying, or dangerous situation or problem.

Senses

problème is used for these senses in English:

  • ball game (figurative) Affair, issue, matter, subject, story, topic.
  • conundrum A difficult question or riddle, especially one using a play on words in the answer.
  • fly in the ointment (idiomatic) Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail.
  • issue (US, originally, _, psychology, usually, in the plural) A psychological or emotional difficulty, (now, _, informal, figurative, _, and, _) any problem or concern considered as a vague and intractable difficulty.
  • trouble Difficulty in doing something.

issue — full definition

  1. noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
  2. noun A single edition of a magazine, newspaper, or comic.
  3. verb To officially give out, publish, or send something into circulation.

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