/ˈprɒbləm/
Translation
A difficult thing that you need to deal with or a question you need to answer.
Word origin
From Greek problema, meaning a thing put forward to be solved, through Latin and Old French.
- Origin
- Greek
- Root
- problema
Grammar
Examples
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"Problem" here means a thing that is wrong and needs fixing.
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"Problem" here means a question to work out.
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"Problems" is the plural, meaning more than one problem.
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(1)Grammar articles
(15)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Articles in English: a, an, the and the zero article
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Future tense in English: will, going to and more explained
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Phrasal verbs in English: rules, examples and how to use them
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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