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problem
noun
    1. A situation or matter that is difficult to understand or deal with.
      Example: a problem with the software
      Example: He's got a drink problem
      Thesaurus: predicament, difficulty, dilemma, complication, jam (slang), trouble, quandary, dispute, disagreement, no laughing matter.
    2. Someone or something that is difficult to deal with.
    3. A puzzle or mathematical question set for solving.
      Thesaurus: puzzle, riddle, brain-teaser, poser, enigma, question.
    4a. Said of a child, etc: difficult to deal with, especially in being disruptive or antisocial;
      Thesaurus: difficult, unruly, uncontrollable, delinquent, froward, perverse, intractable, unmanageable, refractory; Antonym: manageable, well-behaved.
    4b. Said of a play, etc: dealing with a moral or social problem.
Idiom: have a problem with something
    To be unable or unwilling to associate with it or to understand it
      Example: Do you have a problem with her gayness?
    To be troubled by it.
      Example: has a problem with gambling
Idiom: no problem
    Said in response to a request, or to thanks: it's a pleasure, no trouble, etc.
    Easily.
      Example: found our way, no problem
Etymology: 14c: from Greek problema a thing put forward, from proballein to put forth.



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