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# problem

noun (problem, problems)

«problem» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A problem is a question you have to work out, like a maths story: a word problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#m1)
2. A problem is something that is wrong or hard and needs to be fixed: The car has a problem. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#m2)
3. «No problem» means it is easy, or you are welcome. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#m3)

### In the lessons

a word problem to solve («Read the whole problem first, then choose»); some problems have two steps; in science solving problems by testing; in everyday life fixing problems, «What's the problem?»; in friendship talking about a problem helps; «problem solving»

### Examples

- Read the whole problem first, then choose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x1)
- This problem has two steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x2)
- Tom solved 6 problems and Kim solved 9. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x3)
- Can you help me with this maths problem? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x4)
- We have a problem: the tap is leaking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x5)
- If you have a problem at school, talk to your teacher. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x6)
- «Thank you!» «No problem.» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x7)
- Litter is a big problem for sea animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x8)
- He pursued the problem like the sleuth-hound that he was. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/#x9)

### Note

Read all of it before choosing. Trap: some problems need two operations. Verb: «solve a problem» (not «do a problem» in everyday talk, though teachers say both).

## In Jewish tradition

a word problem to solve («Read the whole problem first, then choose»); some problems have two steps; in science solving problems by testing; in everyday life fixing problems, «What's the problem?»; in friendship talking about a problem helps; «problem solving»

### Examples

- There are other problems with the interpretation ‘mothers’. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/problem/#x1)
- The reason why they have remained so long an unsolved problem is partly due to a lack of knowledge of Hebrew orthography, on which the Sefer Yetzirah is based. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914)) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/problem/#x2)

### Note

Read all of it before choosing. Trap: some problems need two operations. Verb: «solve a problem» (not «do a problem» in everyday talk, though teachers say both).

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «problem» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/problem/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«problem» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/problem.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «problem» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/problem/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«problem» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/problem.html) on Mova free.