problem

Sentences

Meaning

1. A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
2. A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
3. A puzzling circumstance.
4. Objection.
5. Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
6. A set of moves required to complete a climb.

disavantage

engima

speculation

great trouble

point in dispute

undesirable circumstance

Frequency

Hyphenated as

prob‧lem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒbləm/

Inherited from Middle English

probleme

In summary

From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problema, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (próblēma, “anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory”), from προβάλλω (probállō, “to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward”), from προ- (pro-, “in front of”) + βάλλω (bállō, “to throw, to cast, to hurl”).

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problem

Sentences

The lack of more than two shutter speeds was not
🚫

a

problem .

Well , then , we've got a

problem .

Focusing correction on
🔛

root causes has the goal of entirely preventing problem recurrence .

Meaning

Synonyms

Frequency

Hyphenated as

prob‧lem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒbləm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English

probleme

In summary

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problem

Sentences

The lack of more than two shutter speeds was not 🚫 a problem .

Well , then , we've got a problem .

Focusing correction on 🔛 root causes has the goal of entirely preventing problem recurrence .

Meaning

Synonyms

Frequency

Hyphenated as

prob‧lem

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɹɒbləm/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English

probleme

In summary

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The lack of more than two shutter speeds was not
🚫

a

problem .

Well , then , we've got a

problem .

Focusing correction on
🔛

root causes has the goal of entirely preventing problem recurrence .