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item

[n., v. ahy-tuhm; adv. ahy-tem] Example Sentences Origin

i·tem

[n., v. ahy-tuhm; adv. ahy-tem]
noun
1.
a separate article or particular: 50 items on the list.
2.
a separate piece of information or news, as a short piece in a newspaper or broadcast.
3.
Slang. something suitable for a news paragraph or as a topic of gossip, especially something that is sensational or scandalous: The bandleader and the new female singer are an item.
4.
a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter I.
5.
an admonition or warning.
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6.
Older Use. an intimation or hint.
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adverb
7.
also; likewise (used especially to introduce each article or statement in a list or series).

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Item is always a great word to know.
So is stoked. Does it mean:
exhilarated, excited
a person who publicizes or praises something or someone for reasons of self-interest, personal profit, or friendship or loyalty
verb (used with object) Archaic.
8.
to set down or enter as an item, or by or in items.
9.
to make a note of.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English: likewise (adv.), the same (noun) < Latin: likewise

sub·i·tem, noun


1. thing; heading, entry.

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  • Participate in writing content and all other facets of item development.
  • Still, having the item sent out for drawings to be made and then the part machined from solid metal would have taken weeks.
  • Gentoo penguins are a favored menu item of the leopard seals, sea lions, and orcas that patrol the waters around their colonies.
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item
 
n
1.  a thing or unit, esp included in a list or collection
2.  accounting an entry in an account
3.  a piece of information, detail, or note: a news item
4.  informal two people having a romantic or sexual relationship
 
vb
5.  (tr) an archaic word for itemize
 
adv
6.  likewise; also
 
[C14 (adv) from Latin: in like manner]

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Word Origin & History

item
late 14c., from L. item (adv.) "likewise, just so," used to introduce a new fact or statement, probably from ita "thus," id "it" + adv. ending -tem (cf. idem "the same"). Thus "a statement or maxim" (of the kind formerly introduced by the word item), first recorded 1560s. Meaning "detail of information"
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(especially in a newspaper) is from 1819; item "sexually linked unmarried couple" is 1970, probably from notion of being an item in the gossip columns. Noun sense of "an article of any kind" (1570s) developed from earlier adv. sense of "moreover, in addition," which was used before every article in a list (such as an inventory or bill). Itemize coined 1864.
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