Dictionary Definition
item
Noun
1 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" [syn: point]
2 a whole individual unit; especially when
included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many
items"
3 a small part that can be considered separately
from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: detail, particular]
4 an isolated fact that is considered separately
from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of
information" [syn: detail, point]
5 an individual instance of a type of symbol;
"the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'" [syn: token] adv : (used when listing or
enumerating items) also; "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip
Guedalla
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
The word started as item for "also", "in the same manner", and got its present English meaning by people misunderstanding usage in lists where the first entry began "Imprimis" (Latin for "firstly"), and the other entries each started "Item" (Latin for "also"), in former times when most learned people in England knew Latin.Noun
- A distinct physical object.
- Tweezers are great for manipulating small items.
- A line of text having a
legal or semantic meaning.
- In response to the first item, we deny all wrongdoing.
- A matter for discussion in an agenda.
- The first item for discussion is the budget for next year's picnic.
- Two people who are having a relationship with each other.
- Jack and Jill are an item.
- In the context of "psychometrics": A question on a test, which may include its
answers.
- The exam has 100 items, each of which includes a correct response and three distractors.
Synonyms
Translations
distinct physical object
line of text
matter for discussion in an agenda
- Czech: bod
- Dutch: agendapunt
- Portuguese: item
- Slovene: zadeva
informal: two people who are having a
relationship with each other
- Dutch: koppeltje
test assessment question
Latin
Adverb
itemPortuguese
Noun
Extensive Definition
Item may refer to:
- Item, entry in a list, or one object in a collection of objects.
- Item, the name of a town in Abia State of Nigeria.
- Collector's item, an object or item of any kind that has become valuable
- Configuration item, form the basis of configuration management in computer software, to control files, requirements, or another definable unit
- Greenhouse Item, the name for an American nuclear test conducted in 1951 as part of Operation Greenhouse at the Pacific Proving Ground
- Item number, a term commonly used to describe a catchy, upbeat dance song in an Indian movie that has no relevance to the plot of the film
- Item response theory, a body of theory used in the field of psychometrics
- Line
item, an appropriation that is itemized on a separate line in a
budget
- Line-item veto, the power of an executive to nullify or "cancel" specific provisions of a bill
- Line Item Veto Act of 1996, enacted a line-item veto for the Federal Government of the United States
- Item (game), the objects in a video game collected by the player character to increase the score or progress through the story.
- Item (EP), first release by the band Onetwo
Organizations
- ITeM refers to the Uruguay-based Third World Institute (ITeM), going by its Spanish acronym Instituto del Tercer Mundo.
item in German: Item
item in Japanese: アイテム
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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