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UK
/pɹˈɒbləm/
]
[ US /ˈpɹɑbɫəm/ ]
[ US /ˈpɹɑbɫəm/ ]
NOUN
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a source of difficulty
what's the problem?
one trouble after another delayed the job -
a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
it is always a job to contact him
urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog
she and her husband are having problems -
a question raised for consideration or solution
our homework consisted of ten problems to solve
How To Use problem In A Sentence
- Then there are the PIP implant problems that thousands of women have had to contend with. The Sun
- A second problem is damage caused by the buildup of excessive electrical charges in the plate from the unwanted ions.
- The major problem is punters here expect a diet of top-class football along with decent grub. The Sun
- The baby was born with a heart problem and only survived for a few hours.
- A lot of people moaned about the parking problems.
- The report, which was based upon conversations with children who telephoned helplines, also claimed that the hidden problem of solvent abuse kills more children than drugs every year.
- I ` d like to see it minus bodywork to see if it ` s got smaller wheels than the big old hoops normal for the period, cos i reckon even tho the bodywork is quite wide, full lock would find large dia. wheels causing a few problems. 1930 Art Deco Henderson
- I won't go into detail over the phone, but I've been having a few health problems recently.
- Part of the problem in making extrapolations from these patterns to build a theory is that the relationship between language and social structure may vary considerably, both synchronically and diachronically.
- There is another dimension to this problem which you haven't considered.
