Item

Definition: Item

Item

Adverb

1. (used when listing or enumerating items) also; "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla.

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".

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".

4. An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information".

5. An individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "item" was first used: 1398. (references)

Computing

General

Language

Meteorology & Standards

Multilingual Slang

Nuclear Energy & Physics

Post & Telecom

Statistics

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Item

Addition

Adverb: au reste, in addition, more, plus, extra; and, also, likewise, too, furthermore, further, item; and also, and eke; else, besides, to boot, et cetera and so on, and so forth; into the bargain, cum multis aliis, over and above, moreover.

Adjunct

Noun: adjunct; addition, additament; additum, affix, appelidage, annexe, annex; augment, augmentation; increment, reinforcement, supernumerary, accessory, item; garnish, sauce; accompaniment; adjective, addendum; complement, supplement; continuation.

Part

Noun: part, portion; dose; item, particular; aught, any; division, ward; subdivision, section; chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse; article, passage; sector, segment; fraction, fragment; cantle, frustum; detachment, parcel.

Substantiality

Noun: substantiality, hypostasis; person, being, thing, object, article, item; something, a being, an existence; creature, body, substance, flesh and blood, stuff, substratum; matter; corporeity, element, essential nature, groundwork, materiality, substantialness, vital part.

Crosswords: Item

Afrikaan (element, fragment, item, particle), Dutch (detail, element, fragment, item, number, numeral, particle), French (item, likewise, the like), Latin (also, besides, item, just so, likewise, moreover, similarly), Portuguese (article, detail, item).

I hope the next item isn't a hand grenade (Big Man on Campus; writing credit: Allan Katz)

Elaine, I have a question for you - is the item still with you (Seinfeld; writing credit: Andreas Lenze; Bea Schmidt)

Item 157 Global Domination (Family Guy; writing credit: Dolores Payás)

Each is a collectors' item in its own way - not because of any special artistic quality, but because each captures on a canvas, and suspends in time and space, a frozen moment of a nightmare (Night Gallery; writing credit: Rod Serling; Jack Laird)

A very rare item. A picture of a dame with her mouth shut (Scandal Sheet; writing credit: Samuel Fuller; Eugene Ling)

Item 72-D: The Adventures of Spa and Fon (1970)

Collector's Item (1969)

A News Item (1913)

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Books

• Fundamentals of Item Response Theory (Measurement Methods for the Social Sciences, Vol 2) (reference)

• Handbook of Modern Item Response Theory (reference)

• Item Response Theory for Psychologists (Multivariate Applications Book Series.) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Item (reference)

• Item Processing Report (reference)

• Wakefield Daily Item (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Item (reference)

• Collector's Item (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Legendary Lee Wiley: Collector's Item 1931-55 (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Xerox Color Developer (30K Images) For Nc60 Supply Item (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• PANASONIC ES8033 Gift Pack ? CLOSEOUT ITEM (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Society ladies announce intention to fly -- news item. Credit: Library of Congress.

The boys are testing a little item they invented to use in case they capture Hitler!. Credit: Library of Congress.

Black teen-agers 40% unemployed.--news item. Credit: Library of Congress.

Drive begins to bar U.S. Communist party from state ballots. (News item) Scientists still unable to explain elephants' pathological dread of mice (News item). Credit: Library of Congress.

Mississippi governor approves death sentence for James Lewis (age 14) and Charles Trudell (age 15). (News Item). Credit: Library of Congress.

Treatment for shock: Truman & Stevenson confer on party future -- news item. Credit: Library of Congress.

Black teen-agers 40% unemployed.--News Item / Conrad. Credit: Library of Congress.

"City anglers say there's a 50-pound salmon in Boston's Jamaica Pond. (News item)". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Any of the Governments of the Members may formally object to the inclusion of any item or items in the agenda. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

This is only an item.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

If any of these are listed on a label, the item contains lactose. (references)

On completion, the child may then be asked to work on the next item in the series. (references)

If you see an interesting item, visit your local medical library to check on the availability of the title. (references)

Business

Beside each item is the applicable NOM. (references)

Another innovative item is Air Top Italia's new automatic fire extinguishing system called "Firebag". (references)

On the other hand, the table shows that the price per item that the U.S. supplies is much higher than the average. (references)

Civil Liberties

Afghanistan

The list included an item requiring journalists "not to offend the people's feelings." Journalists were required to inform the Taliban authorities when they traveled outside of Kabul and to stay out of prohibited areas. (references)

Nepal

The Constitution specifies that all citizens shall have freedom of thought and expression and that the Government may not censor any news item or other reading material; however, the Government imposes some restrictions on these rights. (references)

Bangladesh

Also in January 2000, the leader of the local Jatiyabadi Chhatra Dal (the student wing of the BNP in Munshiganj), attacked Zakir Hossain Sumon-Srinagar, a correspondent for the Ajker Kagoj, reportedly because he published a news item criticizing the student group. (references)

Economic History

Austria

The federal railroads are considered an off-budget item. (references)

Zambia

It takes a minimum of 4 months to patent an item or process. (references)

Switzerland

Softboots for skiers is another demand item for next winter. (references)

Human Rights

Kazakhstan

Police and the KNB are required to obtain permits from the court or Prosecutor's Office to conduct searches; however, in extraordinary cases when the item they are looking for could be lost, damaged, or used for criminal purposes, they may conduct a search without a permit. (references)

Political Economy

UKRAINE

This can result in duties and fees amounting to over 100 percent of the declared value of the item. (references)

JAMAICA

Safeguard legislation (protecting industries from serious injuries caused by a sudden surge in imports of a particular item) has been submitted to the Cabinet for approval. (references)

Trade

Costa Rica

The amount is refunded when the item is re-exported. (references)

Ukraine

Each center is responsible for testing a particular item. (references)

Burma

The rates depend whether the item is considered an essential or a luxury item. (references)

Travel

Taiwan

Approximately NT$50 - NT$100 per item of luggage is acceptable. (references)

Denmark

Americans will recognize many U.S. food and other consumer item brands in Danish stores. (references)

Nicaragua

This deposit is returned when the item leaves the country (must be within six months of entry). (references)

Worker Rights

Philippines

In May President Macapagal-Arroyo committed the Government to implementing ILO Convention 182 through the ILO-IPEC Time-Bound Program, and the National Economic Development Authority has integrated TBP implementation as a priority item in the 2001 to 2004 Philippine National Development Plan. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "item": agenda item ♦ beauty item ♦ bibliographic item ♦ collector's item ♦ common user item ♦ computer Software Configuration Item ♦ configuration item ♦ controlled item ♦ critical item ♦ data item ♦ deductive item ♦ digital item declaration ♦ display item ♦ elementary data item ♦ end item ♦ hot item ♦ inventory item ♦ item by item report ♦ item number identification ♦ item of classified information ♦ item of furniture ♦ item of luggage ♦ line item ♦ luxury item ♦ main item ♦ memorandum item ♦ monetary item ♦ news item ♦ perishable item ♦ postal item ♦ program item ♦ programme item ♦ recoverable item ♦ regulated item ♦ repairable item ♦ work item quantity determination message. Additional references.

Beginning with "item": item-by-item, item-of-service, item-specific, item-that.

Ending with "item": known-item, line-item.

Afrikaans

item (element, fragment, particle). (various references)

Albanian

send (article, object, piece, thing), lajm (flimsy, message, news, notice, piece of news, word), gjë (article, baby, job, line, object, piece, thing), artikull (artefact, article, clause, commodity, job, make, notice). (various references)

Arabic 

‏موضوع (matter, motif, object, question, subject, theme, topic), ‏مادة (article, material, materiality, matter, substance), ‏نقطة (dab, dot, fleck, full stop, locus, mark, period, point, pt, speck, speckle, spot, topic), ‏قيد (bind, bond, bridle, chain, check, confine, derestrict, enchain, entry, fetter, handcuff, hold back, impose restrictions on, limit, limitation, manacle, qualify, record, register, restrain, restrict, restriction, rope, set bounds to, set down, shackle, tie, tie up), ‏عنوان (address, heading, picture, rubric), ‏بند (article, clause, paragraph, provision, purview, section). (various references)

Bulgarian 

също (also, as well, besides, ditto, eke, same, too), точка (article, entry, fleck, full stop, period, pip, point, stop), включвам като точка, отделям по точки, новина (intelligence, knowledge, news, piece of news), номер (event, feature, fetch, hoax, jig, number, performance, registration number, size, waggery), артикул (article, lot, number), бележка (billet, comment, marking, memo, memorandum, message, note), пункт (clause, point, post, station), параграф (article, clause, paragraph, section). (various references)

Chinese 

项目, � �目 (project, sports event), � � (back of neck, thing), 端 (end, extremity, port, regular, to carry, to hold sth. level with both hands), 目 (eye), 節目 (program), 事 (affair, matter, thing, work), 條 (a strip, article), 樁 (pile, stake, stump). (various references)

Czech

zpráva (account, advice, call, communication, despatch, dispatch, intimation, message, news, notice, report, statement, tidings, word), položka (article, lot), předmìt (article, matter, object, subject, thing), kus (chunk, dish, head, junk, lump, part, piece, stretch), bod (article, coupon, point, spot), èíslo (card, cough drop, figure, issue, number, screw). (various references)

Danish

objekt (object, object of interest), konto (account), felt (attribute, bay, category, data item, elementary data item, field, panel, switch bay, zone), enhed (unit, unity), emne (subject, theme, topic), elementært dataelement (attribute, data item, elementary data item, field), element (element), dataelement (attribute, data item, elementary data item, field), attribut (attribute, attribute of an element, data item, elementary data item, field). (various references)

Dutch

item (detail, element, fragment, number, numeral, particle), jaartelling (element, era, fragment, particle), deeltje (element, fragment, particle), deel (element, fragment, part, Parthian, particle, piece, share, volume), artikel (article, commodity, paragraph). (various references)

Esperanto

ero (element, fragment, particle). (various references)

Faeroese

smálutur (detail, element, fragment, particle). (various references)

Farsi 

فقره (Entry, Episode, Paragraph, Piece, Vertebra, Vertebrate), قطعه خبری , تکه (Bit, Dab, Fragment, Glimmer, Gob, Goblet, Loaf, Lot, Lump, Morsel, Nub, Pane, Patch, Portion, Scrap, Shiver, Shred, Slab, Slice, Smidgen, Whit), رقم (Brand, Character, Digit, Figure, Number, Sort, Symbol, Type), بخش (Borough, Branch, Canton, Commune, County, Department, District, Division, Installment, Leg, Lot, Member, Parcel, Parish, Part, Party, Piece, Portion, Precinct, Quarter, Role, Sect, Section, Sector, Segment, Share, Zone). (various references)

Finnish

yksityiskohta (detail, particular), yksilö (copy, individual), yksikkö (singular, unit), tietoalkio, tapaus (case, event, instance, occurrence), osanen (element, fragment, particle, small part), ominaisuus (property, quality), numero (act, cipher, copy, digit, figure, issue, number, number plate, numeral, size), momentti (clause, subsection), maksuerä (instalment), erä (amount, consignment, entry, heat, instalment, lot, part-payment, period, quantity, round, set, share). (various references)

French

question, item, article. (various references)

German

artikel (article, articles, commodity, entry, piece, requisite), punkt (dot, full stop, Mark, period, pinpoint, point, pt, punctilio, spot), posten (article, entry, guard, job, lot, picket, position, post, quarter, sentry, station), nummer (character, issue, nos., number, numbers, numeral, screw, shag, size, spot, trick, turn), gegenstand (article, matter, object, subject, theme, thing, topic). (various references)

Greek 

κομμάτι (bit, dollop, gobbet, piece, sheet, snipping). (various references)

Hebrew 

מצרך (article, commodity, staple), פריט (article, detail, entry, particular), פרט (detail, individual, particular, unit). (various references)

Hungarian

tétel (annunciation, clearance, heading, lot, movement, sentence, setting, theme, theorem, thesis), cikk (article, contribution, story). (various references)

Indonesian

hal (case, fact, instance, matter, situation), butir (grain, granule, pellet, small object), barang (article, baggage, commodity, object, ware). (various references)

Italian

articolo (article, section, story, ware), voce (entry, hearsay, part, rumor, rumour, say, tones, voice, vote, word), elemento (absolute element, component, device, element, ingredient, medium, member, oneness, unit, unity). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

� �目 , 事� � (facts, matter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かじょう (article, articles, clause, condition of the common people, errors, excess, family custom, good wine, items, on the shelf, over-, spiral, sweet sake), �"うもく (main point and details), �"う (10^38, 1st in rank, 7th in rank, be bent, benefit, body cavity, boorish, box, clause, companion, compare with, daimyo, duke, effect, efficacy, efficiency, entertainment, female phoenix bird, filial piety, first sign of the Chinese calendar, grade A, happiness, head, height, hill, hundred sextillion, hundred undecillion, incense, instep, interest, knoll, long ages, lord, luck, main, manuscript, marquis, paragraph, pleasure, prince, proof, public, result, rising ground, same kind, -school, season, sentence, seventh sign of the Chinese calendar, shell, subordinate, success, such, this, threat, thus, to ask, to be in love, to invite, to request, urgent, verbal pause, version, weather), アイテ� (something that one "just has to have"), け�" (and, authority, bayonet, blade, bond, case, certificate, circle, clock hand, concurrently, coupon, economy, emperor, health, heaven, in addition, matter, prefecture, range, sabre, sphere, stick-to-itiveness, sting, strength, sword, tendon, the right, ticket), じ�"う (automobile industry, earhole, earwax, facts, fad, fashion, imperial tutor, inside the ear, matter, season, statute of limitations, time of the year). (various references)

Korean 

�'�목. (various references)

Manx

red (article, matter, object, thing), nhee (concern, fact, matter, object, thing), myrgeddyn, meer (bait, bit, bite, bite of food, coin, element, extract, fleck of dust, number, par, part, passage, patch, piece, portion, scrap, section, segment). (various references)

Norwegian

vare (last), punkt (dot, period, point, spot), post (mail, post), artikkel. (various references)

Pig Latin

itemay.(various references)

Portuguese

artigo (article, clause, commodity, goods, object, thing, ware), número (amount, cipher, copy, digit, figure, installment, instalment, number, numeral, quantity, size), item (article, detail), elemento (constituent, factor, fragment, particle). (various references)

Romanian

idem (ditto, idem), punct (article, degree, Dot, extent, full stop, locality, Mark, node, period, point, speck, spot, station), paragraf (article, paragraph, section), la fel (alike, idem, likewise, so, uniform), element (cell, element, elements, form, link, rudiments, unit), bifa (check, line through, scratch off, scratch out, tick), articol (article, column, commodity, contribution, implement, material, paper, product), alineat (paragraph), însemna (badge, be, betoken, brand, chalk out, connote, denote, dint, excoriate, imply, import, jot down, mark off, mean, note, record, scotch, signify, spell, stand, tick). (various references)

Russian 

статья (article, clause, saving clause), каждый отдельный предмет, газетная заметка (par, paragraph), пункт (article, clause, percentage points, point, station), параграф (article, paragraph, section). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

tačka (act, center, centre, clause, count, dot, fix, full stop, number, period, pip, point), stavka, predmet (article, case, lemma, material, object, subject, topic), novinski članak, artikal (article, commodity, product). (various references)

Spanish

artículo (article, commodity, contribution, feature, headword, import, object, paper, report, section, special feature, story, thing), partida (batch, certificate, departure, detriment, entry, game, going, lift, pack, parcel), ítem (also). (various references)

Swedish

sak (affair, article, business, business deal, case, cause, concern, job, matter, object, question, subject, thing), punkt (dot, full stop, period, point), notis (news item, news-item, paragraph), liten del. (various references)

Tahitian

tauiha'a. (various references)

Thai

รายการ (bill, list, scheme), ข่าว (news, tidings), ของ (of). (various references)

Turkish

parça (attachment, batch, bit, cake, Cantle, component, cut, dribblet, driblet, fraction, fragment, gobbet, lump, moiety, morsel, part, passage, patch, piece, portion, scrap, segment, shred, snatch, tool), madde (article, clause, entry, material, matter, proviso, stuff, substance, thing), keza (also, ditto, do, likewise, therewithal, too), kalem (entry, pen, pencil, style), haber (announcement, communication, datum, Gen, Griff, griffin, info, information, knowledge, message, news, report, tidings, word), dahi (also, as well, eke, even, genius, likewise, prodigy, too, wizard), bir de (besides, by the same token, in addition, into the bargain, moreover, on the side, on the top of it, on top of it, to boot, yea), ayrıca (additionally, again, also, besides, beyond, else, extra, farther, further, furthermore, in addition to, into the bargain, likewise, on the side, otherwise, over and above, then again, thereto, to boot, withal, yea), adet (bleeding, consuetude, convention, courses, custom, element, fashion, flow, fragment, groove, habit, menses, menstruation, mounthly courses, mounthly periods, number, numeral, particle, period, praxis, routine, sum, the usual thing, total, tradition, usage, use, wont), çeşit (assortment, cast, class, denomination, description, genre, ilk, kind, range, sample, sort, species, stripe, style, variety). (various references)

Ukrainian

також (also, as well, besides, both, either, eke, likewise, so, too), крім того (additionally, again, apart from, as well, besides, beyond, by, farther, furthermore, inter alia, moreover, therewith), пункт (article, clause, point), повідомлення (advice, announcement, communication, conveyance, message, note, notice, notification), питання. (various references)

Vietnamese 

tiết mục tin tức. (various references)

Welsh

eitem. (various references)

item. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "item": itemed, iteming, itemise, itemised, itemises, itemising, itemization, itemizations, itemize, itemized, itemizer, itemizers, itemizes, itemizing, items. (additional references)

Words ending with "item": subitem. (additional references)

Words containing "item": excitement, excitements, hyperexcitement, hyperexcitements, incitement, incitements, subitems. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Item" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: actem, Artem, atem, atemp, autem, eatem, entem, Etem, iet, ietf, Ifema, igem, Igen, Ikem, iken, ilem, imet, inem, iotum, ipen, ishim, isteem, ita, Itae, itan, itat, Itaya, itea, iteb, itec, iteg, itemm, itemy, Iten, iteo, iterm, itet, itey, ithe, iti, Itie, itin, itiom, Itmi, Itmk, ito, itoe, itom, Itte, Itti, itum, ivem, izen, Kittim, litem, niten, Otema, tiem, tiom, Uteem, viten. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: emit, mite, time.

-1 letter: met, tie.

-2 letters: em, et, it, me, mi, ti.

+1 letter: demit, emits, items, merit, metis, miter, mites, mitre, remit, smite, stime, tempi, timed, timer, times.

+2 letters: bemist, bemixt, betime, demits, emetic, emetin, enmity, etamin, fomite, gimlet, hermit, imaret, impute, inmate, intime, itemed, iterum, kismet, limpet, merits, metier, meting, metric, midget, millet, milted, milter, minted, minter, minuet, minute, misate, miseat, mismet, misset, misted, mister, miters, mither, mitier, mitred, mitres, mitten, moiety, motile, motive, mutine, optime, permit, pitmen, reemit, remint, remits, remixt, retime, retrim, samite, smiter, smites, somite, stimes, stymie, tamein, tammie, tedium, telium, theism, timber, timbre, timely, timers, tinmen, titmen, tmesis, trimer, uptime.