The definition of a problem is something that has to be solved or an unpleasant or undesirable condition that needs to be corrected.
(noun)See problem in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
Origin: ME probleme < MFr < L problema < Gr problēma < proballein, to throw forward < pro-, forward + ballein, to throw, drive: see pro- & ball
adjective
See problem in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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Origin:
Origin: Middle English probleme
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin problēma, problēmat-
Origin: , from Greek
Origin: , from proballein, to throw before, put forward
Origin: : pro-, before; see pro-2
Origin: + ballein, blē-, to throw; see gwelə- in Indo-European roots
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