problem
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin problema, from Ancient Greek πρόβλημα (problema), “‘anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory’”), from προβάλλω (proballo), “‘to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward’”), from προ- (pro-), “‘in front of’”) + βάλλω (ballo), “‘to throw, to cast, to hurl’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɹɒbləm/
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[edit] Noun
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problem (plural problems)
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- A puzzling circumstance.
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difficulty
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schoolwork exercise
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puzzling circumstance
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[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- problem in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- problem in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- problem at OneLook® Dictionary Search
[edit] Polish
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problem m.
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| Singular | Plural | |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | problem | problemy |
| Genitive | problemu | problemów |
| Dative | problemowi | problemom |
| Accusative | problem | problemy |
| Instrumental | problemem | problemami |
| Locative | problemie | problemach |
| Vocative | problemie | problemy |
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
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pròblēm m. (Cyrillic spelling про̀бле̄м)
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declension of problem
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | problem | problemi |
| genitive | problema | problema |
| dative | problemu | problemima |
| accusative | problem | probleme |
| vocative | probleme | problemi |
| locative | problemu | problemima |
| instrumental | problemom | problemima |
[edit] Swedish
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problem n.
| Inflection for problem | Singular | Plural | ||
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| neuter | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | problem | problemet | problem | problemen |
| Genitive | problems | problemets | problems | problemens |
- problem; difficulty
- problem; schoolwork exercise