questão — meaning in English

English meaning

• issue noun A subject or problem that people discuss or disagree about.
• matter noun Physical substance in general — anything that has mass and takes up space.
• question noun A sentence or phrase used to ask for information or a response.

Senses

questão is used for these senses in English:

• 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.
• issue (law) A point of law or fact in dispute or question in a legal action presented for resolution by the court.
• matter (philosophy) Aristotelian: undeveloped potentiality subject to change and development; formlessness. Matter receives form, and becomes substance.
• matter An affair, condition, or subject, especially one of concern or (especially when preceded by the) one that is problematic.
• question A worded or expressed sentence, phrase, or only a word on its own, which asks for information, a reply, or a response; an interrogative.
• question A subject or topic for consideration or investigation.

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.

matter — full definition

1. noun Physical substance in general — anything that has mass and takes up space.
2. noun A subject, situation, or affair, especially one that needs attention or is causing concern.
3. noun An approximate amount or extent of something.
4. verb To be important or significant.

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