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  1. noun A question to be considered, solved, or answered: math problems; the problem of how to arrange transportation.
  2. noun A situation, matter, or person that presents perplexity or difficulty: was having problems breathing; considered the main problem to be his boss. See Usage Note at dilemma.
  3. noun A misgiving, objection, or complaint: I have a problem with his cynicism.
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  • So this problem is absolutely soluble. —  David Keith's unusual climate change idea
  • The other problem is they're right in the ozone layer, and I'd prefer them above the ozone layer. —  David Keith's unusual climate change idea
  • Report: Getting Randomly Picked To Make Half-Court Shots Now Best Way To Earn Living Sopunds like the problem is at your end; propeller is coming through loud and clear here, on a cool sunny morning. —  Propeller Most Popular Stories
  • So, skin color / bigotry / "racism" is NOT the problem -- the problem is the culture in which American blacks learn to become victims and to reject anything that contradicts the messages of organizations whose existence depends upon the notion of continued victimization.
  • But the answer to this problem is as complex as the problem itself.
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  1. Middle English probleme, from Old French, from Latin problēma, problēmat-, from Greek, from proballein, to throw before, put forward : pro-, before; see pro-2 + ballein, blē-, to throw; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English probleme, from Old French probleme, French probléme = Spanish Portuguese Italian problema = Dutch probleem, problema = G. Swedish Danish problem, from Latin problema, from Greek πρόβλημα, a question proposed for solution, from προβάλλειν, throw or lay before, from πρό, before, + βάλλειν, throw, put: see ball, ballista, etc., and cf. emblem.
 

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