problem
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
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.
Inflected forms:
form: problems
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: probleme
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: pro'lem
pos: noun
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
form: more problem
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most problem
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: probleme
pos: adj
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: pro'lem
pos: adj
tags: alternative
pronunciation-spelling
Senses:
gloss: A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
pos: noun
examples: 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.
gloss: A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
pos: noun
examples: I think he has a gambling problem. Lending him money will probably only make it worse.
I think he has a nose candy problem. Lending him money will probably only make it worse.
gloss: A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
pos: noun
examples: Study hard, but don't overdo it. The problems in the exam won't be difficult to solve.
gloss: A puzzling circumstance.
pos: noun
gloss: Objection.
pos: noun
examples: You got a problem with that?
gloss: Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
pos: noun
examples: You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours.
gloss: A set of moves required to complete a climb.
pos: noun
gloss: Difficult to train or guide; unruly.
pos: adj
gloss: Causing a problem; problematic; troublesome.
pos: adj
examples: It is more problem to my family than to me.
Antonyms: solution
Related words: problematic
problematical
problematize
trouble
Derived words: 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
boy problems
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
knapsack 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
problemless
problem of evil
problem of universals
problem page
problem play
problem-reaction-solution
problemshed
problem solve
problem-solve
problem-solver
problemsolver
problem-solving
problem solving
problemsome
problem space
problem statement
problemwise
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
Y2K problem
year 2000 problem
year 2038 problem
you problem
Zarankiewicz problem
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: probleem
lang: Albanian
word: çështje
lang: Albanian
word: zavall
lang: Albanian
word: problem
lang: Amharic
word: ችግር
roman: čəggər
lang: Arabic
word: مُشْكِلَة
roman: muškila
lang: Arabic
word: مشكلة
roman: muškila
lang: Arabic
word: مصيبة
roman: muṣība
lang: Arabic
word: مشكل
roman: muškil, muškul
lang: Tunisian Arabic
word: مشكل
roman: muškul
lang: Aragonese
word: problema
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܡܘܼܫܟܸܠܵܐ
roman: muškila
lang: Armenian
word: խնդիր
roman: xndir
lang: Asturian
word: problema
lang: Azerbaijani
word: problem
lang: Azerbaijani
word: məsələ
lang: Bashkir
word: проблема
roman: problema
lang: Bashkir
word: мәсьәлә
roman: məsʹələ
lang: Basque
word: arazo
lang: Belarusian
word: прабле́ма
roman: prabljéma
lang: Bengali
word: সমস্যা
roman: śomosśa
lang: Bengali
word: ঝামেলা
roman: jhamela
lang: Bengali
word: মুশকিল
roman: muśokil
lang: Bengali
word: অসুবিধা
roman: ośubidha
lang: Bengali
word: ভেজাল
roman: bhejal
lang: Bengali
word: প্রব্লাম্
roman: problam
lang: Breton
word: kudenn
lang: Bulgarian
word: пробле́м
roman: problém
lang: Burmese
word: ပြဿနာ
roman: pra.ssa.na
lang: Catalan
word: problema
lang: Cebuano
word: kalisud
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 問題 /问题
roman: man⁶ tai⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 困難 /困难
roman: kwan³ naan⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 難題 /难题
roman: naan⁴ tai⁴
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 麻煩 /麻烦
roman: maa⁴ faan⁴
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 問題 /问题
roman: wèntí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 困難 /困难
roman: kùnnán
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 難題 /难题
roman: nántí
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 麻煩 /麻烦
roman: máfán
lang: Maore Comorian
word: taãɓu
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: shaka
lang: Czech
word: problém
lang: Danish
word: problem
lang: Dutch
word: probleem
lang: Esperanto
word: problemo
lang: Estonian
word: küsimus
lang: Estonian
word: takistus
lang: Estonian
word: kitsikus
lang: Estonian
word: mure
lang: Estonian
word: probleem
lang: Finnish
word: ongelma
lang: Finnish
word: probleemi
lang: Finnish
word: vaikeus
lang: French
word: problème
lang: Galician
word: problema
lang: Georgian
word: პრობლემა
roman: ṗroblema
lang: Georgian
word: სირთულე
roman: sirtule
lang: German
word: Problem
lang: Greek
word: πρόβλημα
roman: próvlima
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀπορία
roman: aporía
lang: Hebrew
word: בְּעָיָה
roman: be'aya
lang: Hiligaynon
word: palaligban
lang: Hiligaynon
word: problema
lang: Hindi
word: समस्या
roman: samasyā
lang: Hindi
word: मसला
roman: maslā
lang: Hindi
word: प्रश्न
roman: praśna
lang: Hindi
word: दिक़्क़त
roman: diqqat
lang: Hindi
word: दिक्कत
roman: dikkat
lang: Hindi
word: मुश्किल
roman: muśkil
lang: Hungarian
word: probléma
lang: Hungarian
word: baj
lang: Hungarian
word: gond
lang: Hungarian
word: nehézség
lang: Icelandic
word: vandamál
lang: Indonesian
word: masalah
lang: Irish
word: fadhb
lang: Irish
word: deacracht
lang: Italian
word: problema
lang: Japanese
word: 問題
roman: mondai
lang: Kabyle
word: aɣbel
lang: Kazakh
word: мәселе
roman: mäsele
lang: Kazakh
word: проблема
roman: problema
lang: Khmer
word: ចំណោទ
roman: cɑmnaot
lang: Korean
word: 문제
roman: munje
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: problem
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: mesele
lang: Kyrgyz
word: проблема
roman: problema
lang: Kyrgyz
word: көйгөй
roman: köygöy
lang: Kyrgyz
word: маселе
roman: masele
lang: Lao
word: ບັນຫາ
roman: ban hā
lang: Latvian
word: problēma
lang: Lithuanian
word: problema
lang: Macedonian
word: про́блем
roman: próblem
lang: Macedonian
word: тешко́тија
roman: teškótija
lang: Malay
word: masalah
lang: Malay
word: kesulitan
lang: Malay
word: kemusykilan
lang: Malayalam
word: പ്രശ്നം
roman: praśnaṁ
lang: Maltese
word: problema
lang: Māori
word: rarunga
lang: Mirandese
word: porblema
lang: Mongolian
word: хүндрэл
roman: xündrel
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠬᠦᠨᠳᠦᠷᠡᠯ
roman: kündürel
lang: Neapolitan
word: prubblema
lang: Norman
word: problième
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: problem
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: aber
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: problem
lang: Occitan
word: problèma
lang: Old English
word: wiern
lang: Old English
word: hremming
lang: Oromo
word: rakkina
lang: Pashto
word: مسئله
roman: mas'ala
lang: Pashto
word: کشاله
roman: kašāla
lang: Dari
word: مُشْکِل
roman: muškil
lang: Dari
word: مَسْئَلَه
roman: mas'ala
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مُشْکِل
roman: moškel
lang: Iranian Persian
word: مَسْئَلِه
roman: mas'ale
lang: Polish
word: problem
lang: Polish
word: kłopot
lang: Portuguese
word: problema
lang: Romanian
word: problemă
lang: Russian
word: пробле́ма
roman: probléma
lang: Sanskrit
word: समस्या
roman: samasyā
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: duilgheadas
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: staing
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: про̀бле̄м
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: pròblēm
lang: Slovak
word: problém
lang: Slovene
word: problem
lang: Spanish
word: problema
lang: Spanish
word: dificultad
lang: Spanish
word: lío
lang: Swahili
word: tatizo
lang: Swahili
word: masaibu
lang: Swedish
word: problem
lang: Tagalog
word: problema
lang: Tajik
word: мушкил
roman: muškil
lang: Tajik
word: масъала
roman: mas'ala
lang: Tajik
word: проблема
roman: problema
lang: Tatar
word: мәсьәлә
roman: mäsʹälä
lang: Thai
word: ปัญหา
roman: bpan-hǎa
lang: Tibetan
word: རྙོག་དྲ
roman: rnyog dra
lang: Turkish
word: sorun
lang: Turkish
word: problem
lang: Turkmen
word: problem
lang: Turkmen
word: problema
lang: Turkmen
word: mesele
lang: Tuvaluan
word: fakalavelave
lang: Ukrainian
word: пробле́ма
roman: probléma
lang: Urdu
word: مَسْئَلَہ
roman: masala
lang: Urdu
word: مُصِیبَت
roman: musībat
lang: Urdu
word: دِقَّت
roman: diqqat
lang: Urdu
word: مُشْکِل
roman: muśkil
lang: Uyghur
word: مەسىلە
roman: mesile
lang: Uzbek
word: masala
lang: Uzbek
word: muammo
lang: Uzbek
word: problema
lang: Vietnamese
word: vấn đề
lang: Walloon
word: rujhe
lang: Walloon
word: aroke
lang: Walloon
word: arnåjhe
lang: Walloon
word: rascråwe
lang: Walloon
word: asticote
lang: Welsh
word: problem
lang: Yiddish
word: פּראָבלעם
roman: problem
lang: Yucatec Maya
word: toop