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4 definitions found 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: item 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" [syn: {point}] 2: a small part that can be considered separately from the whole; "it was perfect in all details" [syn: {detail}, {particular}] 3: an 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" [syn: {detail}, {point}] 5: an individual instance of a type of symbol; "the word`error' contains three tokens of `r'" [syn: {token}] adv : (used when listing or enumerating items) also "a length of chain, item a hook"-Philip Guedalla
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