Meaning of ITEM
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'Itum, [adv]'Item, [v]'Itum, 'Itum
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- [n] a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"
- [n] an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
- [n] a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"
- [n] an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"
- [n] a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"
- [adv] (used when listing or enumerating items) also; "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla
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| | Synonyms: | | detail, detail, particular, point, point, token |
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| | See Also: | | agenda item, component, component, component part, component part, fact, high spot, highlight, incidental, inventory item, line item, list, listing, minutia, news item, nook and cranny, nooks and crannies, part, part, piece, place, portion, portion, position, postage, postage stamp, regard, respect, stamp, sticking point, symbol, technicality, trading stamp, trifle, triviality, unit, whole, whole thing | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\I"tem\, adv. [L. See {Iterate}.]
Also; as an additional article.
\I"tem\, n. [From {Item}, adv.]
1. An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the
items in a bill.
2. A hint; an innuendo. [Obs.]
A secret item was given to some of the bishops . . .
to absent themselves. --Fuller.
3. A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item
concerning the weather.
\I"tem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Itemed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Iteming}.]
To make a note or memorandum of.
I have itemed it in my memory. --Addison.
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| | Related Terms: | | above, additionally, adjunct, adversaria, again, aide-memoire, all included, along, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, and so, annotation, appurtenance, article, article of commerce, article of merchandise, as well, aspect, au reste, beside, besides, beyond, case, circumstance, citation, commodity, component, constituent, contents, contingent, count, credit, cross reference, cross section, datum, debit, demonstration, detachment, detail, division, docket, dole, double entry, drug, element, else, en plus, entity, entry, example, exemplification, extra, facet, fact, factor, farther, feature, filler, fixings, footnote, for lagniappe, fraction, further, furthermore, illustration, in addition, incidental, individual, ingredient, installment, instance, integer, integrant, inter alia, into the bargain, jotting, lead item, leader, likewise, loss leader, makings, marginal note, marginalia, matter, memo, memoir, memorandum, memorial, mention, minor detail, minute, minutes, minutia, minutiae, module, more, moreover, notation, note, notice, on the side, on top of, over, parcel, part, part and parcel, particular, percentage, person, persona, piece, plus, point, portion, product, quadrant, quarter, quota, quotation, random sample, reference, regard, register, registry, remainder, reminder, respect, sample, sampling, scholia, scholium, seconds, section, sector, segment, share, similarly, single, single entry, singleton, soul, special, specialty, standard article, staple, staple item, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, then, therewith, thing, to boot, too, unit, vendible, ware, well, yet |
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