item
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪ.təm/
ipa: /ˈaɪ.təm/
ipa: [ˈaɪ̯.ɾəm]
ipa: [ˈaɪ̯.ɾm̩]
ipa: /ˈɑɪ.təm/
ipa: [ˈɑɪ.ɾəm]
Forms: form: items
Etymology: From Middle English item, from Latin item (“also; in the same manner”). The present English meaning derives from a usage in lists, where the first entry would begin in primis (“firstly”) or imprimis, and the other entries with item (“also, moreover”). Later, the members of lists were referred to as "items".
Senses: examples: text: Tweezers are great for manipulating small items.
text: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters […]. But the priciest items in the market aren't the armadillo steaks or even the bluefin tuna.
ref: 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects […] ”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
glosses: A distinct physical object.
topics: video-games
glosses: An object that can be picked up for later use.
examples: text: the items in a bill
text: In response to the first item, we deny all wrongdoing.
text: Beyond being mere items of a legal code, they [the mitzvot] are the very basis of the relationship that God and the people Israel have established.
ref: 2001, David L. Lieber and Jules Harlow, Etz Hayim: Torah and Commentary, page 1143:
glosses: A line of text having a legal or other meaning; a separate particular in an account.
examples: text: The exam has 100 items, each of which includes a correct response and three distractors.
qualifier: psychometrics
glosses: A question on a test, which may include its answers.
examples: text: The first item for discussion is the budget for next year's picnic.
glosses: A matter for discussion in an agenda.
examples: text: Jack and Jill are an item.
text: Are we an item? Girl, quit playin' / "We're just friends," what are you sayin'?
ref: 2010, Justin Bieber featuring Ludacris, Baby:
glosses: Two people who are having a romantic or sexual relationship with each other.
examples: text: an item concerning the weather
glosses: A short article in a newspaper.
examples: text: A secret item was given to some of the bishops […] to absent themselves.
ref: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):
glosses: A hint; an innuendo.
examples: text: In this chapter, we will attempt to trace the course of initiation into the classical arts, from the self-taught gyrations of Bollywood items to the serious rigours of a classical Indian dance form.
ref: 2017, Nandita Chaudhary, Pernille Hviid, Giuseppina Marsico, Resistance in Everyday Life: Constructing Cultural Experiences, page 246:
glosses: Ellipsis of item girl.
Synonyms: sense: object
word: article
sense: object
word: object
sense: object
word: thing
sense: matter for discussion
word: subject
sense: matter for discussion
word: topic
sense: two people who are having a relationship with each other
word: couple
sense: psychometrics
word: test
sense: psychometrics
word: assessment question
Hyponyms: collector's item
negative polarity item
polarity item
positive polarity item
subitem
Derived terms: action item
big-ticket item
blind item
end item
individual item picking
interitem
item girl
itemization
itemize
itemise
item journal
item number
item of clothing
item set
itemset
itemwise
lexical item
line item
line-item veto
multiitem
news item
nonstandard item
service item
subitem
vanity item