PROBLEM
\pɹˈɒbləm], \pɹˈɒbləm], \p_ɹ_ˈɒ_b_l_ə_m]\
Definitions of PROBLEM
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"
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a question raised for consideration or solution; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve"
By Princeton University
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a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"
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a question raised for consideration or solution; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt.
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Anything which is required to be done; as, in geometry, to bisect a line, to draw a perpendicular; or, in algebra, to find an unknown quantity.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Problematically.
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A matter difficult of settlement or solution: (geom.) a proposition in which something is required to be done.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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A question proposed for solution; any question involving doubt or uncertainty; a proposition requiring something to be done.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A question involving doubt or uncertainty proposed for solution; in geom., a proposition in which some operation or construction is required; in alg., a proposition which requires some unknown truth to be discovered or demonstrated; in logic, a proposition which, appearing neither absolutely true nor false, may consequently be asserted either in the affirmative or negative.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Greek] A question proposed for solution ; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement ;-in logic, a proposition which seems absolutely neither true nor false, and which may be stated as affirmative or negative;-in mathematics, a proposition or theorem to be wrought out and demonstrated either by the actual construction of the lines, angles, planes, figures, &c., or by calculation of their relative positions and magnitudes ;-any mechanical or practical difficulty to be overcome.
