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[ noun, verb ahy -tuh m; adverb ahy -tem ] SHOW IPA
/ noun, verb ˈaɪ təm; adverb ˈaɪ tɛm / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a separate article or particular: 50 items on the list.
a separate piece of information or news, as a short piece in a newspaper or broadcast.
Slang . something suitable for a news paragraph or as a topic of gossip, especially something that is sensational or scandalous: The bandleader and the new female singer are an item.
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter I.
an admonition or warning.
Older Use . an intimation or hint.
SEE MORE SEE LESS adverb also; likewise (used especially to introduce each article or statement in a list or series).
verb (used with object) Archaic . to set down or enter as an item, or by or in items.
to make a note of.
Origin of item 1350–1400; Middle English: likewise (adv.), the same (noun) <Latin: likewise
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OTHER WORDS FROM item sub·i·tem, noun Words nearby item ITCZ, it'd, -ite, itea, Itelmen, item , itemize, itemized deduction, item veto, Iténez, iter
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Example sentences from the Web for item The item on federal prisoners was disturbing in a different way.
The GOP’s Hidden Ban on Prison Abortions | Harold Pollack| December 13, 2014| DAILY BEAST
“They are very friendly and curious,” The Evening Independent wrote in 1979 in an item emphasizing their popularity and cuteness.
Lovable ‘Madagascar’ Penguins Are Known to Rape and Torture in Real Life | Asawin Suebsaeng| November 26, 2014| DAILY BEAST
He could surmise one item in keeping with young women of Somali heritage.
How ISIS’s Colorado Girls Were Caught | Michael Daly| October 22, 2014| DAILY BEAST
There is no blood on this shirt nor has this item been altered in any way.
Who Designed Urban Outfitters's Bloody Kent State Shirt? They Won't Say | Asawin Suebsaeng| September 15, 2014| DAILY BEAST
This item is beyond poor taste and trivializes a loss of life that still hurts the Kent State community today.
Who Designed Urban Outfitters's Bloody Kent State Shirt? They Won't Say | Asawin Suebsaeng| September 15, 2014| DAILY BEAST
Altogether, it was such an item as Tom had often longed to see, and the reading of it went to his head.
A Court of Inquiry | Grace S. Richmond
Item , I give to my servant John Raby, for his diligence in my service and sickness twenty pounds.
William Harvey | D'Arcy Powers
The pay of the navy is quite an item in the list of Government expenditures.
The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 | Various
Item , That nane should enjoy office or benefice ecclesiasticall, except a Preast.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) | John Knox
Suppose Chiffield to own a one-fourth interest only, and there you have the item of seventy-five thousand dollars more.
Round the Block | John Bell Bouton
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British Dictionary definitions for item noun (ˈaɪtəm ) a thing or unit, esp included in a list or collection
accounting an entry in an account
a piece of information, detail, or note a news item
informal two people having a romantic or sexual relationship
verb (ˈaɪtəm ) (tr) an archaic word for itemize
Word Origin for item C14 (adv) from Latin: in like manner
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Words related to item information, component, feature, element, thing, piece, point, dispatch, aspect, news, minutia, story, matter, scrap, novelty, detail, note, blurb, notice, particular