Hypertext Webster Gateway: "item"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Item \I"tem\, adv. [L. See {Iterate}.]
Also; as an additional article.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Item \I"tem\, n. [From {Item}, adv.]
1. An article; a separate particular in an account; as, the
items in a bill.
2. A hint; an innuendo. [Obs.]
A secret item was given to some of the bishops . . .
to absent themselves. --Fuller.
3. A short article in a newspaper; a paragraph; as, an item
concerning the weather.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Item \I"tem\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Itemed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Iteming}.]
To make a note or memorandum of.
I have itemed it in my memory. --Addison.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
item
n 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
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