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Meaning: A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved Classified under: Nouns denoting stable states of affairs Synonyms: problem; job Context examples: she and her husband are having problems / it is always a job to contact him / urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog Hypernyms ("problem" is a kind of...): difficulty (a condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "problem"): race problem (a social and political problem caused by conflict between races occupying the same or adjacent regions) balance-of-payments problem (an economic problem caused by payments for imports being greater than receipts for exports)
Meaning: A source of difficulty Classified under: Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents Synonyms: trouble; problem Context examples: one trouble after another delayed the job / what's the problem? Hypernyms ("problem" is a kind of...): difficulty (a factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "problem"): can of worms (a source of unpredictable trouble and complexity) deep water (serious trouble) growing pains (problems that arise in enlarging an enterprise (especially in the early stages)) hydra (trouble that cannot be overcome by a single effort because of its many aspects or its persistent and pervasive quality) matter (a problem)
Meaning: A question raised for consideration or solution Classified under: Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents Context example: our homework consisted of ten problems to solve Hypernyms ("problem" is a kind of...): head; question (the subject matter at issue) Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "problem"): koan (a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning) acrostic; word square (a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across) pons asinorum (a problem that severely tests the ability of an inexperienced person) rebus (a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words) crossword; crossword puzzle (a puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle) Gordian knot (any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms) poser; sticker; stumper; toughie (a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem) brain-teaser; conundrum; enigma; riddle (a difficult problem) homework problem (a problem that students are assigned to do outside of class) case (a problem requiring investigation) mystifier; puzzle; puzzler; teaser (a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution) "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride." (English proverb) "We are all visitors to this time, this place. We are just passing through. Our purpose here is to observe, to learn, to grow, to love... and then we return home." (Aboriginal Australian proverbs) "Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out." (Arabic proverb) "As you make your bed, so you must lie in it." (Czech proverb) Useful links: Meaning of acrostic Pronunciation of word square Meaning of crossword puzzle Meaning of toughie Meaning of conundrum
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