Word Frequency
item
Definitions
noun
(ˈaɪtəm
) - a thing or unit, esp included in a list or collection
- (accounting) an entry in an account
- a piece of information, detail, or note ⇒
a news item
- (informal) two people having a romantic or sexual relationship
adverb
(ˈaɪtɛm
) - likewise; also
Word Origin
C14 (adv) from Latin: in like mannerTranslations for 'item'
- British English: item An item is one of a collection or list of objects.The most valuable item on show will be a Picasso drawing.ˈaɪtəm NOUN
- Arabic: بَنْدٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: item
- Chinese: 项目
- Croatian: predmet
- Czech: položka
- Danish: genstand
- Dutch: item
- European Spanish: artículoelemento
- Finnish: nimike
- French: élément
- German: Stück
- Greek: αντικείμενο
- Italian: articolo
- Japanese: 項目
- Korean: 항목
- Norwegian: element
- Polish: pozycjaartykuł
- Portuguese: item
- Romanian: articol articole
- Russian: пункт
- Spanish: artículomercancía
- Swedish: sak
- Thai: สิ่งของในรายการ
- Turkish: maddedizi
- Ukrainian: предмет
- Vietnamese: hạng mục
Example Sentences Including 'item'
He kept the booty in his mother's Strasbourg house and never tried to sell a single item.Globe and Mail (2003)
I HAVE just returned from holiday to find my pub the subject of a bizarre item in Jack McLean's weekly diary (October 13).Glasgow Herald (2001)
It gave rise to the combinatorial odour code, a bit like a supermarket barcode unique to each item ," says Jacob.New Scientist (2004)
Moisturizer was the one item they couldn't live without, regardless of age.Globe and Mail (2003)
The only item that seemed to be intelligible was the reference to The Aspern Papers.A Song at Twilight
The summer hit has evolved from a holiday memento into a hot export item.TUNING UP AT DAWN: A Memoir of Music and Majorca (2004)
The top item was a Visa card made out in the name of Miss K. E. March.CHAMELEON (2002)
There was only one dangerous item : the photograph of the girl.The Endless Game
These people should bear in mind that the following item is really a story about poker.Glasgow Herald (2001)
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