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

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noun

a separate article or particular: 50 items on the list.

a separate piece of information or news, as a short piece in a newspaper or broadcast.

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.

a word formerly used in communications to represent the letter I.

an admonition or warning.

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Older Use. an intimation or hint.

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adverb

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

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verb (used with object) Archaic.

to set down or enter as an item, or by or in items.

to make a note of.

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

Related forms

sub·i·tem, noun

Synonyms
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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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.

On the way to learning that one thing can represent another, young children often conflate the real item and its symbol.

The permanent crafted toothpick also became a notable dowry item.

These wraps take little work and are a great travel or on-the-go item.

Anyone can contribute new items or edit an existing item.

When what purports to be the same item is re-scanned at some later date, it should show the same pattern of speckle.

If for any reason your purchase does not satisfy you, simply return the item for a prompt full refund or exchange.

Does anyone know if it is possible for cells from a touched item can contaminate another item by simply coming in contact with it.

The sciences are a branch of human endeavor in which ideas are the main item of commerce, the principle coin of the realm.

It's one of my favorite foods, and an essential pantry item for anyone interested in quick cooking.

The owners order the item and post it to their bidding website, and the price starts at zero.

The appeal of honey as an item for refined taste is actually not so new.

Please note that the box for this item may differ from what is pictured here.

Grover's algorithm would enhance the state in the system corresponding to the desired item and suppress the others.

Monetarily, it's hardly worth keeping, except as a historic collector's item worth thousands of dollars.

It can often be less expensive than buying a comparable off-the-shelf item.

Hardware companies are in the business of convincing you to buy the hottest new item.

Aim high when selling-the risk of not selling the item altogether rises, but so does the final price.

The mayor also wants to have soda excluded as an item that can be purchased using food stamps.

Perhaps you didn't realize that dollhouse miniature brothels are a collectors' item.

Ask yourself how best to show off the item you want to buy.

Here is a quick view of the item for last week's what the heck is this.

But with services such as education, there's no way to store the purchased item and resell it later.

Restaurants were asked to disclose nutrition information, including a calorie count, about every item on the menu.

Each item is carefully coded to help visitors understand the items history and significance.

Move every item on your computer's desktop into folders on your hard drive.

Item-based filtering works by periodically taking a snapshot of everybody's item rankings.

Today coffee is considered by scientific knowledge as a benign item of the human nutrition.

In fact without water, the grain needed to make bread or any other food item would never even get harvested.

One item not mentioned is periodic catastrophic flooding.

Basically, your brain will tell you whether an item is a threat even before you know you saw it.

The ease and flexibility of solar laminates adds yet another item to the off-grid toolkit.

These are self-styled experts who also will post your item for you, then pack and ship it once it's sold.

Each item was categorized into one of eight subscales that ranged from academic distress to alcohol use and abuse.

Don't leave food or any other scented item in your tent or unattended at your site.

When you leave an item on a plane, getting it back can be difficult, if not impossible.

Crazy responds to a poster who commented on her previous blog item about tenure and the adjunctification of academe.

To each item that appeared last year, managers would add a.

Either way, this isn't really a user-serviceable item.

They look through things in sequence and when they come across an item that meets their aspiration level they go for.

So physicists got to wondering whether radiation pressure could be harnessed to help an item soar.

Nothing should ever be brought up in dept meetings without being an action item.

Her item was a short one, but it was noticed by several newspapers.

For help with the last item in that list, a guide is available online.

The owner began selling fries and cheese curds in a bag as a take-out item.

The only problem is that you need a special plug for each item.

There are pieces of software that calculate the price per item depending on the type of item and its condition.

The iPod went on to become the leading digital music player and a must-have fashion item.

The new item is a spicy round cake that is expected to have a natural fall appeal.

Already the deal site is attracting more votes per item than any previous such attempts ever seemed to.

If you can't find an item easily, ask yourself if it's crucial before you invest much precious time in searching for.

One item is a claim form from a journalist on this paper.

Any badly sorted item will cause a whole sorted skip to go to land-fill.

We tend to think that inventing the wheel was item number two on our to-do list after learning to walk upright.

Drill down into an individual item listing, and you'll see that big, ticking digital clock in the corner.

Perhaps the first item on the discussion agenda should be a re-examination of the dissertation task itself.

Hold luggage could be packed into one of the bags, which would help contain the blast if an item were to explode.

The day you see a news item go black without a single image you'll have the proof the time shifts got to our productivity.

Each item had to be scrupulously weighed because each cost its weight in fuel.

Just because a menu item sounds a little odd doesn't mean it isn't delicious.

No single item on the job-application checklist causes as much confusion and anxiety as the statement of teaching philosophy.

They exclude services, the fastest-growing item in many household budgets.

Stories open up below the stream, where in my limited experience an unusable piece of the full item seemed to be the norm.

All that one needs to do is look at the last paragraph in this news item.

Players may choose any item to represent them on the board.

The item and the word for it go to the bottom of the screen.

Most of us have probably spent time in stores rummaging around for that second item worth buying for a bargain price.

If the product scores badly, the app will recommend an alternative item which is rated more highly.

People have to start thinking of wood as a luxury item rather than an inexpensive resource.

When he opened a bag, he purposefully examined each item.

They probably already have a budget line item for the new position, and will offer a starting salary within that budget.

The lists bore little resemblance to one another-except for the first item.

Searching for a particular item would usually demand the examination of every entry.

She placed the item on the board's agenda one day before its next public meeting.

Take the dead-letter drop, where an item can be left inconspicuously and securely for someone else to pick up.

One item on the observers' checklist was to inspect for moths.

He could ask for things-and would reject a proffered item and ask again if it was not what he wanted.

There is no need to take the item to a shop or ship it.

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World English Dictionary

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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