[
US
/ˈaɪtəm/
]
[ UK /ˈaɪtəm/ ]
[ UK /ˈaɪtəm/ ]
ADVERB
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(used when listing or enumerating items) also
a length of chain, item a hook
NOUN
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an individual instance of a type of symbol
the word `error' contains three tokens of `r' -
a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection
they reduced the price on many items -
a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
the main point on the agenda was taken up first
he noticed an item in the New York Times
she had several items on her shopping list -
an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
several of the details are similar
a point of information -
a small part that can be considered separately from the whole
it was perfect in all details
How To Use item In A Sentence
- He made comments about a couple of items, suggesting an appetizer that sounded unlikely but that, in his words,'went down a treat. FOLLY
- Cascades of earls, rubies, sapphires, diamonds and tortoiseshell hatpins, 76 items in all, poured out.
- This includes such items as telephones, radios, televisions and recording devices.
- The four friends are squealing with excitement. Times, Sunday Times
- Rarely, a person with iron-deficiency anemia may experience pica, a craving to eat nonfood items such as paint chips, chalk, or dirt.
- But, more than the excitement, the sheer seclusion and beauty that a quiet alpine ski run can give is something rarely experienced.
- It features advertisements for equipment sales, as well as bands searching for musicians and various other items.
- Each item was skewered on a cocktail stick and laid like sun rays around the plate, which also had a flower intricately carved out of turnip for decoration.
- That said, the chemistry between the two brings a thrilling tingle of excitement to the tale. Times, Sunday Times
- One page of the menu is devoted to cheeses (domestic and imported), another to charcuterie, salads, meat and fish, the third to items from the wood-burning oven.
