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Problem

noun

A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved. Synonym: job. "It is always a job to contact him" , "Urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"

A question raised for consideration or solution.

A source of difficulty. Synonym: trouble. "What's the problem?"

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"Problem" Quotes from Famous Books

... ideas which I have expressed have in no way the pretension to be new. Analyzing the facts in the most diverse domains, I have simply attempted to find those which seem to me suited to solve the sexual problem of the human race most advantageously under the present social conditions. Every one to-day admits that our sexual life leaves much to be desired, but is afraid of touching ...

— The Sexual Question - A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study • August Forel

... Anti-Slavery Society met in Philadelphia and pronounced slavery a national sin, which could be atoned for only by immediate emancipation. Such men as Garrison and Lundy began a work of agitation that was soon to set the whole nation in a ferment. From this time on slavery became the central problem of American history, and the line of cleavage in American politics. The invasion of Florida when it was yet the territory of a nation at peace with the United States, and its subsequent purchase from Spain, the annexation ...

— The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe • Charles Edward Stowe

... exactly. There aren't any dishonest people, so there won't be anything for him to do. But we will have solved the problem of his idleness." ...

— No Pets Allowed • M. A. Cummings

... was held to discuss this problem, at which Maqueda and a few of the Abati notables were present. To these Oliver explained that even if that were possible it would be useless to clear out the old passage and at the end find ourselves once more in the den ...

— Queen Sheba's Ring • H. Rider Haggard

... think that his work on the Election of Representatives is as conspicuous a landmark in politics as the Principia was in natural philosophy. J.S. Mill's volume on Representative Government, which appeared in 1861, was even a more memorable contribution towards the solution of the very problem defined by Sir Henry Maine, than was the older Mill's article on Government In 1820 to the political difficulties of the eve of the Reform Bill. Again, Lord Grey's work on Parliamentary Government failed in making its expected mark on legislation, ...

— Studies in Literature • John Morley

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