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English Dictionary: Item by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
item
adv
  1. (used when listing or enumerating items) also; "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla
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"
    Synonym(s): item, point
  2. a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details"
    Synonym(s): detail, particular, item
  3. a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection; "they reduced the price on many items"
  4. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
    Synonym(s): detail, item, point
  5. an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'"
    Synonym(s): token, 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.
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