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noun
- A difficulty that has to be resolved or dealt with
- A question to be answered, schoolwork exercise.
- A puzzle, puzzling circumstance.
Translations: - Dutch: probleem(nl)n
- French: problème(fr)m
- German: í�bung(de)f
- Italian: problema(it)m
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ' (problema) "anything thrown forward, hindrance, obstacle, anything projecting, a headland, promontory", from ' (proballo) "to throw or lay something in front of someone, to put forward", from prefix - (pro-) "in front of" + (ballo) "to throw, to cast, to hurl'.
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