problem
noun
1 problem
A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved:
— She and her husband are having problems.
— Urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog.
synonym: job.
Roget 461:
inquiry;
request
etc.
765;
search,
research,
quest,
pursuit
etc.
622.
examination,
review,
scrutiny,
investigation,
indagation†;
perquisition†,
perscrutation†,
pervestigation†;
inquest,
inquisition;
exploration;
exploitation,
ventilation.
sifting;
calculation,
analysis,
dissection,
resolution,
induction;
Baconian method†.
strict inquiry,
close inquiry,
searching inquiry,
exhaustive inquiry;
narrow search,
strict search;
study
etc.
(consideration)
451.
scire facias [Lat.],
ad referendum;
trial.
questioning
etc.
v.;
interrogation,
interrogatory;
interpellation;
challenge,
examination,
cross-examination,
catechism;
feeler,
Socratic method,
zetetic philosophy†;
leading question;
discussion
etc.
(reasoning)
476.
reconnoitering,
reconnaissance;
prying
etc.
v.;
espionage,
espionnage [Fr.];
domiciliary visit,
peep behind the curtain;
lantern of Diogenes.
question,
query,
problem,
desideratum,
point to be solved,
porism†;
subject of inquiry,
field of inquiry,
subject of controversy;
point in dispute,
matter in dispute;
moot point;
issue,
question at issue;
bone of contention
etc.
(discord)
713;
plain question,
fair question,
open question;
enigma
etc.
(secret)
533;
knotty point
etc.
(difficulty)
704;
quodlibet;
threshold of an inquiry.
[person who questions]
inquirer,
investigator,
inquisitor,
inspector,
querist†,
examiner,
catechist;
scrutator scrutineer scrutinizer†;
analyst;
quidnunc [Lat.]
etc.
(curiosity)
455.
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Roget 533:
secret;
dead secret,
profound secret;
arcanum†,
mystery;
latency
etc.
526;
Asian mystery†;
sealed book,
secrets of the prison house;
le desous des cartes [Fr.].
enigma,
riddle,
puzzle,
nut to crack,
conundrum,
charade,
rebus,
logogriph†;
monogram,
anagram;
Sphinx;
crux criticorum [Lat.].
maze,
labyrinth,
Hyrcynian wood;
intricacy,
meander.
problem
etc.
(question)
461;
paradox
etc.
(difficulty)
704;
unintelligibility
etc.
519;
terra incognita
etc.
(ignorance)
491.
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Roget 454:
subject of thought,
material for thought;
food for the mind,
mental pabulum.
subject,
subject matter;
matter,
theme,
noemata [Gr.],
topic,
what it is about,
thesis,
text,
business,
affair,
matter in hand,
argument;
motion,
resolution;
head,
chapter;
case,
point;
proposition,
theorem;
field of inquiry;
moot point,
problem
etc.
(question)
461.
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Dutch: oefening, opgaaf, vraagstuk, kwestie, probleem
2 problem
A question raised for consideration or solution.
Dutch: moeilijkheid, troubles
Polish: kwestia, punkt, zagwozdka, zagadnienie, pytanie, problem
3 problem
A source of difficulty:
— What's the problem?.
synonym: trouble.
Dutch: probleem, probleemstelling, problematiek
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