Item
WordNet
adverb
(1) (used when listing or enumerating items) also
"A length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla
noun
(2) A whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
"They reduced the price on many items"
(3) An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
"Several of the details are similar"
"A point of information"
(4) 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"
(5) An individual instance of a type of symbol
"The word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"
(6) A small part that can be considered separately from the whole
"It was perfect in all details"
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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.
- 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.