Read vs Issue - What's the Difference?

Issue

Read

Definitions

Definition as Noun
  • an important question that is in dispute and must be settled
  • a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
  • the becoming visible
  • an opening that permits escape or release
  • the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity)
  • supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
  • one of a series published periodically
  • the immediate descendants of a person
  • the act of issuing printed materials
  • the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property
  • some situation or event that is thought about
Definition as Noun
  • something that is read
Definition as Verb
  • bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
  • come out of
  • prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
  • circulate or distribute or equip with
  • make out and issue
Definition as Verb
  • interpret something that is written or printed
  • look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  • interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
  • audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
  • to hear and understand
  • be a student of a certain subject
  • indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • have or contain a certain wording or form
  • obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
  • interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  • make sense of a language

Examples

  • "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues"
  • "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
  • "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
  • "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
  • "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"
  • "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"
  • "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"
  • "the average return was about 5%"
  • "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
  • "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
  • "publish a magazine or newspaper"
  • "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
  • "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
  • "the article was a very good read"
  • "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
  • "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
  • "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
  • "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
  • "I read you loud and clear!"
  • "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
  • "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
  • "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
  • "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

Parts of Speech

Noun, Verb
Noun, Verb

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