Item Definition

ītəm
items
noun
items
An article; unit; separate thing; particular; entry in an account.
An item of clothing.
Webster's New World
A clause of a document, such as a bill or charter.
American Heritage
An entry in an account.
American Heritage
A bit of news or information, specif. when in a newspaper.
An item of interest.
Webster's New World
A couple identified publicly as sweethearts or lovers.
John and Joan are an item.
Webster's New World
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adverb
Used before each article in a series being enumerated.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
items
To record, especially in an itemized list.
American Heritage

Itemize.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Item

Noun

Singular:
item
Plural:
items

Origin of Item

  • The word started as Latin 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.

    From Wiktionary

  • From Middle English also, moreover from Latin i- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Item Sentence Examples

  • If prices for an item fall, this is a net good.

  • The most important item remains the contents.

  • Four years ago, she and Dean were a weekly item, as they say.

  • It is quite consistent with the evidence to suppose that a seven-day week was in use in Babylonia, but each item may be explained differently, and a definite proof does not exist.

  • The last item on Dean's list of pleasurable activities was punching one if you want this and two if you want that buttons, then sitting on hold while listening to elevator music from some bureaucratic office.

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Words Starting With

IITITE

Words Ending With

MEMTEM

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With I and Ending With M

Starts With I & Ends With MStarts With IT & Ends With MStarts With I & Ends With EM

Word Length

4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With I4 Letter Words Ending With M