problem
nounEtymology
From Middle English probleme, from Middle French probleme, from Latin problēma, 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”). Doublet of problema.
Definitions
A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- She's leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
- The perfume industry is facing a major problem: maintaining constant levels of quality is crucial, but it is increasingly difficult to obtain a regular supply of all the necessary natural ingredients.
A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- Study hard, but don't overdo it. The problems in the exam won't be difficult to solve.
A puzzling circumstance.
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Objection.
- You got a problem with that?
Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
- You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours.
A set of moves required to complete a climb.
Difficult to train or guide
Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
Causing a problem
Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.
- It is more problem to my family than to me.
The neighborhood
- antonymsolution
- neighborproblematic
- neighborproblematical
- neighborproblematize
- neighborEntscheidungsproblem
- neighbortrouble
Derived
ABA problem, agency problem, alcohol problem, algorithmic problem, Alhazen's problem, alignment problem, Apollonian problem, a problem shared is a problem halved, Archimedes' problem, art gallery problem, Basel problem, behavior problem, Behrens-Fisher problem, binding problem, birthday problem, Bongard problem, Brocard's problem, Buffon's needle problem, C10K problem, C10M problem, Cadillac problem, Canadian traveller problem, candy store problem, cannonball problem, Cauchy problem, champagne problem, chicken-and-egg problem, Chinese postman problem, circle-ellipse problem, combination problem, constant problem, core problem, counterproblem, crossed ladders problem, decision problem, dial-a-ride problem, diamond problem, Dirichlet problem, distant starlight problem, double empathy problem · +144 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at problem. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at problem. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at problem
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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