problem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒbləm/
ipa: /-ɪm/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑbləm/
Forms: form: problems
form: probleme
Etymology: 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.
Senses: examples: text: She's leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.
text: “[…] 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.”
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, chapter I, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: 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.
ref: 2014 March 7, Nicole Vulser, “Perfume manufacturers must cope with the scarcity of precious supplies”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 190, number 13, page 30:
synonyms: rub
hypernyms: challenge#Noun
issue#Noun
obstacle#Noun
glosses: A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
examples: text: I think he has a gambling problem. Lending him money will probably only make it worse.
text: I think he has a nose candy problem. Lending him money will probably only make it worse.
synonyms: rub
hypernyms: challenge#Noun
issue#Noun
obstacle#Noun
glosses: A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.
examples: text: Study hard, but don't overdo it. The problems in the exam won't be difficult to solve.
glosses: A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
glosses: A puzzling circumstance.
examples: text: You got a problem with that?
glosses: Objection.
examples: text: You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours.
glosses: Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A set of moves required to complete a climb.
Hyponyms: Entscheidungsproblem
Derived terms: 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
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
drinking problem
drink problem
drug problem
Duhem-Quine problem
eigenproblem
extended problem-solving
fairy problem
fencepost problem
Fermi problem
file-drawer problem
final parsec problem
First World problem
first-world problem
first world problem
fiscal problem
four color problem
frame problem
free-rider problem
Galton's problem
Gettier problem
goat grazing problem
goat problem
Gordan's problem
grounding problem
halting problem
Heesch's problem
horizon problem
Houston, we have a problem
illumination problem
initial value problem
initial-value problem
is-ought problem
is there a problem
jealous husbands problem
Josephus problem
Kelvin problem
kidnapped robot problem
Kirkman's schoolgirl problem
last parsec problem
logic problem
macroproblem
majority problem
many-body problem
mathematical problem
measurement problem
metaproblem
microproblem
missionaries and cannibals problem
Molyneux's problem
Monty Hall problem
Moser's worm problem
move the problem
moving sofa problem
multiproblem
museum problem
n-body problem
Newcomb's problem
nonidentity problem
nonproblem
no problem
one-banana problem
open problem
optimization problem
Parsons problem
presenting problem
principal-agent problem
private language problem
problem bear
problem child
problemed
problemette
problem gambling
problem glasses
problemise
problemist
problemize
problem of evil
problem page
problem play
problem-reaction-solution
problem-solve
problem solve
problemsolver
problem-solver
problem solving
problem-solving
problemsome
problem space
problem statement
Prouhet-Tarry-Escott problem
pseudo-problem
quantum measurement problem
Rabi problem
readers-writers problem
scientific problem
Scunthorpe problem
secretary problem
sleeping barber problem
Sleeping Beauty problem
snake-in-the-box problem
sofa problem
solution in search of a problem
solution looking for a problem
species problem
stable marriage problem
stable matching problem
starlight problem
sub-problem
subproblem
sunrise problem
teething problem
Thomson problem
three body problem
three-pipe problem
thundering herd problem
toy problem
traveling salesman problem
traveling-salesman problem
travelling salesman problem
travelling-salesman problem
trolley problem
Turán's brick factory problem
two-body problem
two child problem
two children problem
two envelopes problem
Uber problem
Waring's problem
what is your problem
what's your problem
wheat and chessboard problem
white bear problem
wicked problem
word problem
XY problem
year 2000 problem
year 2038 problem
you problem
Zarankiewicz problem
Related terms: problematic
problematical
problematize