key issues
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2.3
- noun
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cuestión clave
- As it turned out, the key issue behind all of this was trust.
- address a key issue
- raise key issues
- identify key issues
And he said to me that homelessness was his key issue.
- And he said to me that homelessness was his key issue.
- So, you know, greed and pride are key issues.
- Let's wait until the Supreme Court decides this key issue.
- So there's all this coverage which left out some of the key issues there.
- So I think a key issue is that we are really, really poor witnesses to our own sleep.
- Usually it's just one or two, and what ends up happening is they pick the team that most represents their key issue.
- Now, it's a little bit risky to view it through this lens because personally, I think it misses some key issues.
- In other words, in the US and in other parts of the world as well, the key issue is one of the corruption of a democratic structure.
- I, I, I think the key issue is to, not to label it as a right or left issue because again, democracy is a conversation.
- So within that group, you have multiple benefits all working synergistically to really help you tackle kind of all of those key issues.
- Secondly, a key issue is will Beijing budget.
- The thing about moving electrons and the key issue there is I don't have to destroy.
- I'd like to still stick, make sure people are on the planet as well, which which seems to be a key issue.
- I mean, not to knock it, there are quite a few people in those fields who are doing some really great work on, you know, key issues.
Examples
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So that was actually a real key issue with that constituency.
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The Issues section examines key issues facing the nation and plans for addressing these challenges.
Academic text (2015) -
It's really an attempt to get around the key issue here, which is is this an appropriate medical treatment or not?
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So on what he himself describes as the key issue facing this country, he has no answer.
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Let's cut right to key issues, okay?
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Consumer acceptance and understanding has been a key issue in all this.
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The symposium will address three aspects of this key issue of structure formation.
Academic text (1995) -
Career advancement and perceived improved job performance were key issues for these individuals.
Academic text (2008) -
As the push for national standards intensifies, assessment emerges as a key issue in media education.
Academic text (1994) -
The crisis at the border is becoming a key issue in the 2020 presidential election.
Synonyms
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3.2
An important problem that needs a solution
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3.1
A main idea in a talk or report
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7.5
The main point that decides what matters most in an issue
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3.7
The main person, thing, or idea that gets most attention
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3.9
The most important part of a problem or discussion
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5.6
The most important part of a problem or discussion
Antonyms
How Important
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the most important problems' is directly compositional from 'key' (important) + 'issues' (problems/discussion points), following a standard adjective + noun pattern. This is a cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Key issues comes from the picture of a key opening an important door; the things behind that door are the main issues people must deal with. So, key issues means the most important or 'main' problems in a discussion.