problems
Syllables: prob·lemsUK/ˈpɹɒbləmz//ˈpɹɑbləmz/
problems is the plural of problem.
problems is the third-person singular simple present indicative of problem.
Meaning of problem
Noun
problem (plural problems)
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with.
- She's leaving because she faced numerous problems to do with racism.
- Synonyms:
- rub
- An addiction, other substance use disorder, or comparable psychological challenge.
- I think he has a gambling problem. Lending him money will probably only make it worse.
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- Study hard, but don't overdo it. The problems in the exam won't be difficult to solve.
- A puzzling circumstance.
- Objection.
- You got a problem with that?
- Difficulty in accepting or understanding or refusal to accept or understand.
- You made your best honest effort; if they judge you harshly, that’s their problem, not yours.
Phrases with problems
- 99 problems
- XY problems
- boy problems
- toy problems
- you problems
- drug problems
- goat problems
- open problems
- Rabi problems
- word problems
- drink problems
- fairy problems
62 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Fermi problems
- frame problems
- Cauchy problems
- Delian problems
- museum problems
- wicked problems
- binding problems
- Bongard problems
- diamond problems
- Gettier problems
- halting problems
- Parsons problems
- species problems
- trolley problems
- Cadillac problems
- decision problems
- is-ought problems
- knapsack problems
- Landau's problems
- teething problems
- two-body problems
- champagne problems
- Dirichlet problems
- fencepost problems
- secretary problems
- year 2000 problems
- assignment problems
- Monty Hall problems
- one-banana problems
- presenting problems
- scientific problems
- three body problems
- three-pipe problems
- art gallery problems
- candy store problems
- combination problems
- dial-a-ride problems
- file-drawer problems
- first world problems
- first-world problems
- Frege-Geach problems
- ninety-nine problems
- goat grazing problems
- optimization problems
- initial value problems
- initial-value problems
- Behrens-Fisher problems
- chicken-and-egg problems
- Chinese postman problems
- kidnapped robot problems
- principal-agent problems
- sleeping barber problems
- Sleeping Beauty problems
- stable marriage problems
- stable matching problems
- thundering herd problems
- jealous husbands problems
- private language problems
- Mercury retrograde problems
- time optimal control problems
- solutions in search of problems
- missionaries and cannibals problems
Questions about problems
- What is problems the plural of?
- Problems is the plural of problem.
- How do you pronounce problems?
- Problems is pronounced /ˈpɹɒbləmz/ (UK).
Words near problems in the dictionary
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