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Definition of problem in English: problemnoun ˈprɒbləmˈprɑbləm 1A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome. they have financial problems the problem of ageism in Hollywood Example sentencesExamples - To my knowledge it's the only commercial product in the world that actually has resolved that fundamental problem.
- Thus Aer Lingus and its directors face serious technical problems from a company law perspective.
- Many youth today are disillusioned and lack personal vision, which partially explains the drug problem plaguing many western countries.
- The source of the country's problems is the lack of confidence in the governing process.
- But the website seemed to be experiencing some technical teething problems.
- He stressed that prison overcrowding was the main problem facing all prisons in the country.
- But most experts believe the country's drug problem is likely to get a lot worse before it gets better.
- When there is too extensive a drain of Capital from a country, tremendous liquidity problems occur.
- He also has been plagued by left hamstring problems.
- The mechanism of adaptation remains a fundamental unsolved problem in evolutionary biology.
- Although I'm very well off myself, I do unfortunately have a temporary cashflow problem at the moment.
- As he points out, the new capitalist economy created social problems not previously faced in American society.
- Academy status gives schools greater freedom to tackle the problems associated with low performance.
- Workers have already been forced to look for other jobs due to financial and family problems.
- When constructed the roundabout will hopefully alleviate the difficult traffic problems experienced by motorists when exiting Ursuline Court.
- Conversely, if the extrusion temperature is too high, two potential problems arise.
- However, you do clearly have a problem dealing with stressful situations.
- This is a good time to deal with earthy details, practical matters and health problems.
- "The specialist thinks the groin problem stems from my back complaint.
- The Net poses intractable problems to the would-be lawmaker, or moral disciplinarian.
- And the sheer truth: the world's poverty problem is mainly due to unequal distribution of capitalism.
- Once all the technical problems solved, we start getting it down on tape.
- We are never going to solve environmental problems without also solving social justice problems.
Synonyms difficulty, issue, trouble, worry, complication, difficult situation, mess, muddle, mix-up snag, hitch, drawback, stumbling block, obstacle, hurdle, hiccup, setback, catch catch-22, vexed question, quandary, the rub predicament, plight, can of worms, hornets' nest, Gordian knot misfortune, mishap, misadventure informal dilemma, headache, prob, hassle, pickle, fix, tight spot, fly in the ointment, how-do-you-do, job, gremlin, facer North American informal katzenjammer rare nodus nuisance, source of difficulty, bother, pest, source of trouble, irritant, thorn in one's side/flesh, vexation informal drag, pain, pain in the neck Australian informal fair cow vulgar slang pain in the arse - 1.1 A thing that is difficult to achieve.
motivation of staff can also be a problem Example sentencesExamples - Searching for people is one of the most difficult problems for search engines.
- The problem is the difficulty of unfurling such a huge flag in gale-force winds.
- Manpower shortages and recruitment problems are creating serious difficulties in many areas of medicine.
- Catching the basketball in traffic or grabbing a difficult pass gives him problems.
- Climbing over the railings and down the steps was not a difficult problem.
Synonyms difficulty, issue, trouble, worry, complication, difficult situation, mess, muddle, mix-up - 1.2as modifier Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.
practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens Example sentencesExamples - Investigators obtained court approval to evict the residents, a measure they said has proven effective in ending problem behaviour.
- Among teenagers, however, many of the problem behaviors, such as general delinquency and drug use, occur only because an opportunity to indulge occurs, and because peers provide a means of learning.
- Research shows that price and availability are two of the main drivers of problem drinking.
- The council announced plans to tackle the 500 worst problem families in the town.
- Problem parents who fail to provide valid and legitimate excuses for their children's school absences would then be issued with school attendance notices.
- An organisation set up to tackle alcohol misuse has called for workplace testing to seek out problem drinkers.
- Police and council officers have pledged to do even more to curb problem behaviour and will use new powers to help them.
- Then his relationship started to sour with his dad, who regularly lost large amounts of money on sports betting and became a problem drinker.
- The problem stems from big cities dumping all their problem families on the old seaside resorts.
- Payouts on slot machines are set to increase despite fears about problem gambling.
2Mathematics Physics
An inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate a fact, result, or law. Example sentencesExamples - They are simplified versions of the very difficult problems that physicists encounter.
- The book also contains articles devoted to various problems of applied fluid mechanics.
- The conditions of many problems are stated carelessly and drawings are completely lacking.
- In fact the specific problem which he set out to solve was to find two mean proportionals between two straight lines.
- Turbulence is one of the main unsolved problems in physics.
- Under his influence Dirac worked on some problems in statistical mechanics.
- 2.1Geometry A proposition in which something has to be constructed.
Compare with theorem Example sentencesExamples - This work attempted to solve the problem of constructing a line of the same length as an arc of a circle.
- He was intrigued by an elusive and tantalizing little problem in elementary geometry known as the butterfly problem.
- The Greeks did not think of the problem as a problem in algebra but rather as a problem in geometry.
- Book One discusses his laws of motion then proceeds to a series of propositions, theorems and problems.
- Problems in geometry whose solutions he had shown privately to colleagues were detailed in the book
- 2.2 (in chess) an arrangement of pieces in which the solver has to achieve a specified result.
Example sentencesExamples - Duchamp spent the one week they lived together studying chess problems, and his bride, in desperate retaliation, got up one night when he was asleep and glued the chess pieces to the board.
- This problem teaches you a lot about king and pawn endgames.
- He then gave five problems involving the chess board as set up at the start of a game.
- The problem is White to play and mate in two moves against any Black defence.
- Henry learnt to play chess at a young age and soon became interested in chess problems.
Phrases Disagree with or have an objection to. I have no problem with shopping on Sundays Example sentencesExamples - This is something which many people have a problem with when they go to an Indian restaurant.
- I'm a grown woman who owns a house and wants to live in it - why would she have a problem with that?
- We wrestle with that all the time and a lot of people have a problem with that.
- And it is our common interests that we represent, so no one should really have a problem with that.
- But surely if his counterparts have a problem with what he did, it will reflect badly on them, and not on him.
- I think he's having a problem with all the loud music.
- Many writers have a problem with even hinting at the general tone of a piece ahead of time.
- If you have a problem with that, this is where the exit button can be pressed.
- I wouldn't have a problem with that, if it also applied to sites run by the government.
- It isn't a term I have a problem with, although not everyone is comfortable with it.
Synonyms disapprove of, oppose, dissent from, think wrong, be against, have a problem with, demur about, demur against, not believe in, not support protest, protest against, lodge a protest, lodge a protest against, express objections, raise objections, express objections to, raise objections to, express disapproval, express disapproval of, express disagreement, express disagreement with, oppose, be in opposition, be in opposition to, take exception, take exception to, take issue, take issue with, take a stand against, have a problem, have a problem with, argue, argue against, remonstrate, remonstrate against, make a fuss, make a fuss about, quarrel with, disapprove, disapprove of, condemn, draw the line, draw the line at, demur, mind, complain, complain about, moan, moan about, grumble, grumble about, grouse, grouse about, cavil, cavil at, quibble, quibble about
Used to express one's agreement or acquiescence. ‘Can you come over here right away?’ ‘No problem.’ Example sentencesExamples - It did take me a while to get used to a curved screen again, but that's no problem.
- On a sunny February afternoon this was no problem, but come August it will be like an oven.
- I have seen it and studied it, so no problem with that little staircase in my garden, right?
- You can while away a shining hour or six when you're watching tropical fish, no problem.
- So last night I got to bed really early and managed to get to sleep no problem.
- He stood in this chamber this morning and said he had no problem with what we were proposing.
- Well, there is no need for a solution because Downing Street says there is no problem.
- If it is just a light shower and we can wait it out in the pits, that's no problem.
- If the chairman or the manager want to talk to me about an extension to my contract then no problem.
- I can clear them over the weekend, no problem, and start a new week all clean, clear and busting to go.
that's your (or his, her, etc.) problem Used to express one's lack of interest in or sympathy with another person's problems. he'd made a mistake but that was his problem Example sentencesExamples - If you're getting fat from fast food, some politicians say that's your problem.
- How you cope with ordinary bookstores thereafter, well, that's your problem.
- You think too much Mitch, I think that's your problem.
- You're too sensitive, Christopher, that's your problem.
- If he'd rather stay stuck in the past instead of moving on to the possibility of great new things with someone that he (seemed to) really click with, then that's his problem.
- If you live overseas and can't figure out the time difference, that's your problem.
- If you don't like my being friendly to others in this school, then that's your problem, not everyone else's.
- If Mr Oaten failed to register his own names on the Web, then really that's his problem.
- Yeah, sure, he doesn't have an 8 am class like you do, but that's his problem, not your flat mates’.
- I mean seriously, if he doesn't understand your need for bigger (and not necessarily better) things then that's his problem.
Origin Late Middle English (originally denoting a riddle or a question for academic discussion): from Old French probleme, via Latin from Greek problēma, from proballein 'put forth', from pro 'before' + ballein 'to throw'. A problem was initially a riddle or puzzle, or a question put forward for academic discussion. ‘Put forward’ are the key words here, as the ancestor of the English word is the Greek verb proballein, ‘to throw out or put forth’. This Greek word is based on pro ‘forward’ and ballein ‘to throw’, also the source of ballistic.
Definition of problem in US English: problemnounˈpräbləmˈprɑbləm 1A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome. they have financial problems the problem of ageism in Hollywood Example sentencesExamples - When constructed the roundabout will hopefully alleviate the difficult traffic problems experienced by motorists when exiting Ursuline Court.
- Workers have already been forced to look for other jobs due to financial and family problems.
- But the website seemed to be experiencing some technical teething problems.
- He stressed that prison overcrowding was the main problem facing all prisons in the country.
- "The specialist thinks the groin problem stems from my back complaint.
- Many youth today are disillusioned and lack personal vision, which partially explains the drug problem plaguing many western countries.
- The mechanism of adaptation remains a fundamental unsolved problem in evolutionary biology.
- Conversely, if the extrusion temperature is too high, two potential problems arise.
- When there is too extensive a drain of Capital from a country, tremendous liquidity problems occur.
- And the sheer truth: the world's poverty problem is mainly due to unequal distribution of capitalism.
- To my knowledge it's the only commercial product in the world that actually has resolved that fundamental problem.
- Once all the technical problems solved, we start getting it down on tape.
- As he points out, the new capitalist economy created social problems not previously faced in American society.
- However, you do clearly have a problem dealing with stressful situations.
- Thus Aer Lingus and its directors face serious technical problems from a company law perspective.
- Although I'm very well off myself, I do unfortunately have a temporary cashflow problem at the moment.
- But most experts believe the country's drug problem is likely to get a lot worse before it gets better.
- This is a good time to deal with earthy details, practical matters and health problems.
- The Net poses intractable problems to the would-be lawmaker, or moral disciplinarian.
- We are never going to solve environmental problems without also solving social justice problems.
- He also has been plagued by left hamstring problems.
- Academy status gives schools greater freedom to tackle the problems associated with low performance.
- The source of the country's problems is the lack of confidence in the governing process.
Synonyms difficulty, issue, trouble, worry, complication, difficult situation, mess, muddle, mix-up nuisance, source of difficulty, bother, pest, source of trouble, irritant, thorn in one's flesh, thorn in one's side, vexation - 1.1 A thing that is difficult to achieve or accomplish.
motivation of staff can also be a problem Example sentencesExamples - Manpower shortages and recruitment problems are creating serious difficulties in many areas of medicine.
- Catching the basketball in traffic or grabbing a difficult pass gives him problems.
- The problem is the difficulty of unfurling such a huge flag in gale-force winds.
- Climbing over the railings and down the steps was not a difficult problem.
- Searching for people is one of the most difficult problems for search engines.
Synonyms difficulty, issue, trouble, worry, complication, difficult situation, mess, muddle, mix-up - 1.2as modifier Denoting or relating to people whose behavior causes difficulties to themselves and others.
practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behavior in teens Example sentencesExamples - Investigators obtained court approval to evict the residents, a measure they said has proven effective in ending problem behaviour.
- Police and council officers have pledged to do even more to curb problem behaviour and will use new powers to help them.
- Among teenagers, however, many of the problem behaviors, such as general delinquency and drug use, occur only because an opportunity to indulge occurs, and because peers provide a means of learning.
- The problem stems from big cities dumping all their problem families on the old seaside resorts.
- An organisation set up to tackle alcohol misuse has called for workplace testing to seek out problem drinkers.
- The council announced plans to tackle the 500 worst problem families in the town.
- Then his relationship started to sour with his dad, who regularly lost large amounts of money on sports betting and became a problem drinker.
- Research shows that price and availability are two of the main drivers of problem drinking.
- Problem parents who fail to provide valid and legitimate excuses for their children's school absences would then be issued with school attendance notices.
- Payouts on slot machines are set to increase despite fears about problem gambling.
2Mathematics Physics
An inquiry starting from given conditions to investigate or demonstrate a fact, result, or law. Example sentencesExamples - Under his influence Dirac worked on some problems in statistical mechanics.
- They are simplified versions of the very difficult problems that physicists encounter.
- In fact the specific problem which he set out to solve was to find two mean proportionals between two straight lines.
- Turbulence is one of the main unsolved problems in physics.
- The book also contains articles devoted to various problems of applied fluid mechanics.
- The conditions of many problems are stated carelessly and drawings are completely lacking.
- 2.1Geometry A proposition in which something has to be constructed.
Compare with theorem Example sentencesExamples - He was intrigued by an elusive and tantalizing little problem in elementary geometry known as the butterfly problem.
- Book One discusses his laws of motion then proceeds to a series of propositions, theorems and problems.
- Problems in geometry whose solutions he had shown privately to colleagues were detailed in the book
- This work attempted to solve the problem of constructing a line of the same length as an arc of a circle.
- The Greeks did not think of the problem as a problem in algebra but rather as a problem in geometry.
- 2.2 (in various games, especially chess) an arrangement of pieces in which the solver has to achieve a specified result.
Example sentencesExamples - He then gave five problems involving the chess board as set up at the start of a game.
- This problem teaches you a lot about king and pawn endgames.
- Duchamp spent the one week they lived together studying chess problems, and his bride, in desperate retaliation, got up one night when he was asleep and glued the chess pieces to the board.
- Henry learnt to play chess at a young age and soon became interested in chess problems.
- The problem is White to play and mate in two moves against any Black defence.
Phrases Disagree with or have an objection to. I have no problem with shopping on Sundays Example sentencesExamples - Many writers have a problem with even hinting at the general tone of a piece ahead of time.
- I'm a grown woman who owns a house and wants to live in it - why would she have a problem with that?
- This is something which many people have a problem with when they go to an Indian restaurant.
- I wouldn't have a problem with that, if it also applied to sites run by the government.
- If you have a problem with that, this is where the exit button can be pressed.
- I think he's having a problem with all the loud music.
- It isn't a term I have a problem with, although not everyone is comfortable with it.
- We wrestle with that all the time and a lot of people have a problem with that.
- And it is our common interests that we represent, so no one should really have a problem with that.
- But surely if his counterparts have a problem with what he did, it will reflect badly on them, and not on him.
Synonyms disapprove of, oppose, dissent from, think wrong, be against, have a problem with, demur about, demur against, not believe in, not support protest, protest against, lodge a protest, lodge a protest against, express objections, raise objections, express objections to, raise objections to, express disapproval, express disapproval of, express disagreement, express disagreement with, oppose, be in opposition, be in opposition to, take exception, take exception to, take issue, take issue with, take a stand against, have a problem, have a problem with, argue, argue against, remonstrate, remonstrate against, make a fuss, make a fuss about, quarrel with, disapprove, disapprove of, condemn, draw the line, draw the line at, demur, mind, complain, complain about, moan, moan about, grumble, grumble about, grouse, grouse about, cavil, cavil at, quibble, quibble about
Used to express one's agreement or acquiescence. “Can you help?” “No problem.” Example sentencesExamples - If the chairman or the manager want to talk to me about an extension to my contract then no problem.
- So last night I got to bed really early and managed to get to sleep no problem.
- If it is just a light shower and we can wait it out in the pits, that's no problem.
- I can clear them over the weekend, no problem, and start a new week all clean, clear and busting to go.
- Well, there is no need for a solution because Downing Street says there is no problem.
- You can while away a shining hour or six when you're watching tropical fish, no problem.
- I have seen it and studied it, so no problem with that little staircase in my garden, right?
- On a sunny February afternoon this was no problem, but come August it will be like an oven.
- He stood in this chamber this morning and said he had no problem with what we were proposing.
- It did take me a while to get used to a curved screen again, but that's no problem.
that's your (or his, her, etc.) problem (said with emphatic stress on pronoun) used to express one's lack of interest in or sympathy with the problems or misfortunes of another person. he'd made a mistake but that was his problem Example sentencesExamples - You're too sensitive, Christopher, that's your problem.
- If he'd rather stay stuck in the past instead of moving on to the possibility of great new things with someone that he (seemed to) really click with, then that's his problem.
- You think too much Mitch, I think that's your problem.
- How you cope with ordinary bookstores thereafter, well, that's your problem.
- Yeah, sure, he doesn't have an 8 am class like you do, but that's his problem, not your flat mates’.
- If you don't like my being friendly to others in this school, then that's your problem, not everyone else's.
- If you live overseas and can't figure out the time difference, that's your problem.
- If Mr Oaten failed to register his own names on the Web, then really that's his problem.
- If you're getting fat from fast food, some politicians say that's your problem.
- I mean seriously, if he doesn't understand your need for bigger (and not necessarily better) things then that's his problem.
Origin Late Middle English (originally denoting a riddle or a question for academic discussion): from Old French probleme, via Latin from Greek problēma, from proballein ‘put forth’, from pro ‘before’ + ballein ‘to throw’. |