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Noun: problem  pró-blum
  1. A question raised for consideration or solution
    "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve"
     
  2. A state of difficulty that needs to be resolved
    "she and her husband are having problems"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog";
    - job, prob [informal]
     
  3. A source of difficulty
    "what's the problem?";
    - trouble, ill, prob [informal]

Derived forms: problems

Type of: difficultness, difficulty, head, question

Encyclopedia: Problem