What part of speech is problem?

Problem can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. problem is a noun, singular of problems.
  • 2. problem is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more problem
    most problem
  • Positive: problem 
  • Comparative: more problem
  • Superlative: most problem

What does problem mean?

Definitions

Adjective

problem - Difficult to train or guide; unruly.

Noun

problem - a question raised for consideration or solution; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve"
problem - a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved; "she and her husband are having problems"; "it is always a job to contact him"; "urban problems such as traffic congestion and smog"
problem - a source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"

Examples of problem

#   Sentence  
1. noun What's the problem?
2. noun The problem of mollifying the Sunnis, though, has to be solved to avoid giving al-Qaeda an entrée.
3. noun The problem with this argument is that Bush lacked the experience necessary to be president when he ran in 2000, so this sort of cheap shot just hoists him by his own petard.
4. noun This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy.
5. noun In ’72 or ’73, if you were a pilot, active or Guard, and you had an obligation and wanted to get out, no problem.
6. noun In fact, you were helping them solve their problem.”.
7. noun Due to the Judge in the 1983 case ruling that a CIA agent could not testify using a pseudonym, therefore opening him to cross-examination by Wilson, the prosecution had a problem.
8. noun That temper is only one problem.
9. noun Even for those who later abstain, "visual-spatial abilities, abstraction, problem solving , and short-term memory, are the slowest to recover."
10. noun In regards to death metal, the problem is, once again, a question of education, history and the vacuous lack of perspective in American culture.
11. noun My real problem is with literalist fundamentalists, of any religion.
12. noun Again, I think the problem is people who sink to far into their own egos, and begin to take their personal metaphors a bit too literaly.
13. noun The problem is that the vast silent majority of these Moslems are not part of the terror and the incitement, but they also do not stand up against it.
14. noun The problem is that the civilized world is still having illusions about the rule of law in a totally lawless environment.
15. noun As of March 28, 2003, he was in a hospital for a cardiac problem and had been granted "pre-arrest bail."
Sentence  
noun
What's the problem?
The problem of mollifying the Sunnis, though, has to be solved to avoid giving al-Qaeda an entrée.
The problem with this argument is that Bush lacked the experience necessary to be president when he ran in 2000, so this sort of cheap shot just hoists him by his own petard.
This writer has for years regarded the best solution to the Kashmir problem as being the trifurcation of the Indian part of the state into a Hindu-majority Jammu, a Buddhist-dominated Ladakh and the overwhelmingly Muslim Kashmir Valley, with the third state given little of taxpayers' money but substantial autonomy.
In ’72 or ’73, if you were a pilot, active or Guard, and you had an obligation and wanted to get out, no problem.
In fact, you were helping them solve their problem.”.
Due to the Judge in the 1983 case ruling that a CIA agent could not testify using a pseudonym, therefore opening him to cross-examination by Wilson, the prosecution had a problem.
That temper is only one problem.
Even for those who later abstain, "visual-spatial abilities, abstraction, problem solving , and short-term memory, are the slowest to recover."
In regards to death metal, the problem is, once again, a question of education, history and the vacuous lack of perspective in American culture.
My real problem is with literalist fundamentalists, of any religion.
Again, I think the problem is people who sink to far into their own egos, and begin to take their personal metaphors a bit too literaly.
The problem is that the vast silent majority of these Moslems are not part of the terror and the incitement, but they also do not stand up against it.
The problem is that the civilized world is still having illusions about the rule of law in a totally lawless environment.
As of March 28, 2003, he was in a hospital for a cardiac problem and had been granted "pre-arrest bail."

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